Ah, that is only two years air-conditioning bill..
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137414...r-conditioning
To be fair, a more sensible article is here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/...llars-per-day/
But either way, $40 billion could be afforded by the US if they had the will, and decided to cut 'defense' spending, but I don't think either will happen.
A chinese funded, global solution would be marvellous.