Re: [Pen-l] A Failsafe Plan to Reduce AfPak Civilian Deaths from U.S. Operations

[Robert Naiman <naiman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Pentagon is a major CO2 emitter - I would guess mostly from the
fuel that they consume. I think I read somewhere that MRAPs get
something like 2 miles to the gallon. It would be great if CO2 caps
led to constraints on the military wing of the empire.

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Robert Naiman wrote:
>> If civilian deaths from U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and
>> Pakistan were harmful CO2 emissions, people would be arguing that we
>> should cap them at a percentage of their current level.
>
> Don't most weapons emit CO2 when used -- so they're contributing to
> global warming? Can the US government afford to buy enough permits to
> pollute to allow them to continue the wars?
> --
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> half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the
> half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."  --
> Neil Gaiman
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