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This is from 2008...
On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, a new report from Oil Change International, entitled A Climate of War (pdf) quantifies both the greenhouse gas emissions of the Iraq War and the opportunity costs involved in fighting war rather than climate change. Here are some facts on the war and warming:
Projected total US spending on the Iraq war could cover all of the global investments in renewable power generation that are needed between now and 2030 in order to halt current warming trends.
The war is responsible for at least 141 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) since March 2003. To put this in perspective, CO2 released by the war to date equals the emissions from putting 25 million more cars on the road in the US this year.
Emissions from the Iraq War to date are nearly two and a half times greater than what would be avoided between 2009 and 2016 were California to implement the auto emission regulations it has proposed, but that the Bush Administration has struck down.
Finally, if the war was ranked as a country in terms of annual emissions, it would emit more CO2 each year than 139 of the worlds nations do. Falling between New Zealand and Cuba, the war each year emits more than 60% of all countries on the planet.
http://priceofoil.org/2008/03/19/iraq-25-million-new-cars-and-counting/
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Supportive. It seems we are doomed no matter what.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)Americans are such rubes
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)using all means necessary, because that's far more important than saving our planet, doncha know?
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)it is not as if the other side worries about it. Just admit it, Humans are just too dumb to live. Didn't some post an article claoming about the lowering of intelligence over the last 100 years?
J_J_
(1,213 posts)??
J_J_
(1,213 posts)brilliant