The total cost of the Iraq War, including future costs to care for veterans, is $2.2 trillion. If we include the interest we have to pay on the debt we used to finance the war, that figure rises to $3.9 trillion by 2053.

If we had invested the $2.2 trillion in wind and solar, the US would be generating 21% of its electricity with renewable energy.

If we had invested the $3.9 trillion that the war in Iraq will ultimately cost, we would generate nearly 40% of our electricity with new renewables.

Combined with the 10% of supply from existing hydroelectricity, the US could have surpassed 50% of total renewables in supply.

his estimates are extremely conservative, and with some reasonable amendments, that 40 percent figure could easily become 60 percent.

So, let’s call it half. For the price of the Iraq War, the U.S. could have gotten halfway to a fully renewable power supply.

http://grist.org/climate-energy/for-...-power-system/

And of course, created Ms more CONSTRUCTIVE, PRODUCTIVE jobs than were created by the MIC and the reparative jobs created by (poorly )caring for vets.