The World’s Greatest Polluter

Even as the US hectors the rest of the world on going green, Discovery reports that the US army is the world’s most polluting organisation.

Even as the US hectors the rest of the world on going green, Discovery reports that the US army is the world’s most polluting organisation. It consumes $18 billion worth of oil alone every year. Its strike tank, the formidable M1 Abrams, gives an average of a quarter of a kilometre per litre and can burn up 38 litres an hour even if it’s standing still. If the US army were a country, says Discovery, it would be the world’s 38th largest polluter. This is more than the Philippines which has a population of 90 million.

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