'The military-industrial complex and Earth-killing capitalism only seem to grow ever mightier.'
metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Were the Pentagon a country, those figures would place it just below Ireland and Finland in a ranking of national carbon emissions. Or put another way, our military surpasses the total national emissions of Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia combined.military bases and other facilities on 27 million acres across the United States and the world. The biggest source of emissions from actual military operations is undoubtedly the burning of jet fuel.
, the astronomically costly F-35 combat aircraft, will emit"only" one ton for every 50 miles it flies.by the Perspectives Climate Group in Germany. In it, the authors express regret for the optimism they had exhibited two decades earlier when it came to the reduction of global military greenhouse gas emissions and the role of the military in experimenting with new, clean forms of energy:
"In the process of us writing this report and looking at our article written 20 years ago, the initial notion of assessing military activities… as potential 'engines of progress' for novel renewable technologies was shattered by the Iraq War, followed by the horror of yet another large-scale ground war, this time in Europe… All our attention should be directed towards achieving the 1.
Sadly enough, however, as far as the Pentagon is concerned, an overheated world will only open up further opportunities for the military. In a classic case of projection, its analysts warn that"malign actors may try to exploit regional instability exacerbated by the impacts of climate change to gain influence or for political or military advantage."
The CIA and other intelligence agencies seem to share the Pentagon's vision of our hotter future as a growth opportunity. A 2021 climate risk
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