The United States spent $20 billion for air conditioning during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/21/air-conditioning-m...
Perhaps in the near term it only makes sense for business jets, but it is a step forward. It isn’t money down the drain and the research will pay future dividends.
> The United States spent $20 billion for air conditioning during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
What does that have to do with the discussion at hand? I am struggling to see the relevance.
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by chrisseaton on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @01:52PM
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> The United States spent $20 billion for air conditioning during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
Do you think this is some kind of luxury? Have you got any idea how hot it gets in an operations room tent in Afghanistan? And some of those tents are hospitals.
I was going to simply say that we spent $1 trillion on the Iraq War (another trillion in Afghanistan).
I was only trying to show how little the research costs in the big scheme of things.
Although it's not quite the same thing, I'd observe that British Airways has even cut back on its business class-only flights from London to New York. There just aren't that many people willing to pay thousands of dollars to either save a few hours or to travel in more comfort for a few hours.