Tuesday, May 06, 2008

The War -or- Free gasoline for everyone

Which do you want?

3 trillion dollars, the cost of the war in dollars
divided by $100 per barrel equals
30 billion barrels, the cost of the war in barrels
divided by 15 million barrels/day,
the daily usage of oil for transportation =
2000 days, the cost of the war in days of gas,
divided by 365 days per year =
5+ years, the cost of the war in years of gasoline

Which is about as long as the war has been going on.

So, we have a choice:
continue the war -or- free gasoline for everyone, from now on!

2 comments:

  1. but ... can we dispense with the free gas and get some free health care instead?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Yes, it was only to indicate the order of magnitude.

    ReplyDelete