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roughly $3 dollars per gallon purchase price for 5-6 million gallons. Plus tanker costs to McM at between $25k-$70k per day for roughly 90 days. Plus the cost o
by bizzyb 4y ago
roughly $3 dollars per gallon purchase price for 5-6 million gallons. Plus tanker costs to McM at between $25k-$70k per day for roughly 90 days. Plus the cost of the ice breaker, between $3.5-$11 million per year. [0]
That's just to get it to McM and doesn't include the labor costs of the fuelies based in McM. Then you gotta get it to Pole, which is a combination of the overland traverse and lc130 tanker missions.
[0] https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/jspui/bitstream/11681/24335/1/ERDC-CRREL%20TR-17-15.pdf https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/jspui/bitstream/11681/243...
- Maxion 4y agoAnd then you find out you're 20 000 gallons short and you fly it in from Christchurch....