Department of Defense used taxpayers’ money from 2011 to 2014 to show compressed natural gas could be used in cars but abandoned operation in MarchThe US Department of Defense spent nearly $43m on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to define why it cost so much,according to a congressionally mandated inspector. The Pentagon “charged the American taxpayers $43m for what is likely to be the world’s most expensive gas station”, said John Sopko, or head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar) on Monday. The amount was spent between 2011 and 2014 on construction and initial implementation of the station.
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Source: theguardian.com