Goverment buys 20million dollars worth of firewood.

Thats it. Thats all the proof I need to know that they are prepping for SHTF, lights out type scenario. Holy fajesus!

So maybe people get the hint to start getting themselves prepared if they are not already..

Last Edited by Lyttlmiss on 09/14/2012 12:09 PM

Cause I think this is important!!

Gee with all the pins this dont stay on front page more than 4 mins.....

This needs to be pinned prontos!!

I get the impression from the above video this is over in Afganistan... Not stateside. Both come with thier illogical conclusions...... or should I say exempt if its for TSHTF.

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It does imply bought in Afghanistan does not say it stays there. Way to vague... But that is alot of wood, they prepping for something.

You're probably right. Prep for SHTF.

I had a thought that maybe they are doing it to increase scarcity of fire wood? Price goes up and people say "fuck it, i'll just pay for electric heat"

cuz i mean, at $50 a face-cord, that's like... 400k face-cords

or about 13,333.3 chords...

That's a lot...

Like, enough to last my family about 19,047 years...

That would make a hell of a bonfire...you could roast a marshmallow from 100 yards...or burn a lot of bodies...

Last Edited by BRIEF on 09/14/2012 12:44 PM

i'm sorry, i mean 133,333.3 Cords

“It mentions in your report that the U.S. military is spending $20 million for firewood. Is there any justification for $20 million in Afghan firewood?” Chaffetz asks John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

EMP wipes out the grid and no heat this winter....

Holy Crap! We'll be living like cavemen......

Aww...They are just making Afghan bread with the wood.

Better be some darn good bread I want some..

Really, thats all it takes? They buy some firewood and it must mean the grid is going to go bye bye.

I don't really think 20 million dollars worth is just "some" wood..

Couple thoughts from someone who burns a lot of firewood.

1) If they paid $100/face cord (2' x 4' x 8' row), that would still be 200,000 cords of wood. It takes about 15-20 cord per winter in the coldest climates to heat for a season. Keeping the math simple and saying 20 cord per winter, that is enough wood to heat 10,000 homes or small buildings (barracks?) for one season.

2) I doubt it GREATLY if they are transporting this stuff anywhere. Transporting firewood from region to region is very dangerous because you end up introducing beatles, bugs, and diseases to the new area (like ash bore beatle and dutch elm disease)

3) Maybe they are just buying it from locals to "win hearts and minds" or some nonsense like that. I doubt the afgans sell a lot else the US military wants or needs (besides opium)

4) Or, maybe they relize that when SHTF, they won't be getting much fuel oil to heat with...

soory guys, gov't dont need wood for heat. they have gennies and enough diesel fuel to last all the rest of time

I really dont see them buying that kind of wood for 100 a cord maybe more like 50 or even 75 on the high end. I know people who only use wood to heat and most on the top side would say 3-4 cods per winter and that is in Ohio .. So I cannnot imagine needing 15-20 cords a winter.. Just saying.

Last Edited by Lyttlmiss on 09/14/2012 01:17 PM

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20 Million a YEAR?!

Yeah a year.... One has to wonder how many years?

Last year I was paying $55.00 for a face cord, so $100.00 for a full cord is not a bad price, IMHO.

If I had to rely on my woodstove as my only heat source, I might get through 2-3 cords during a cold winter.

It didn't even get cold enough to light it last winter - just heat pumps and good insulation was enough. I only burned just over a cord the year before (same kind of temperatures, but that was before I insulated the basement).

20 million would be nothing

That would supply one military base for one winter.

You know how the Govt spends money, that's like 5 cord

He said AFGHAN FIREWOOD. For our troops over there, not here. Why the crap would we import firewood from Afghanistan?

No doom here, folks.

Ugh! ... The smell would be horrid....

But, you're right, we assume it's for lights out situation but that also make sense ... burning bodies...Hmmm, but would they burn bodies that have expired from disease and such?

Somebody lining their pockets, where are they hauling it all to?

They have made changes, so now it's probably 10-15 cords.

...It's called "Zaire"