US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
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US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
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Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#2Surprise, surprise, the military-industrial complex is destroying our planet. How people can still support this is beyond me.
Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#3I always have wondered how people calculate pollution from countries. I mean, that must be from data gathered from the government?
For countries/governments that doesn't even have or have a very limited garbage disposal, that must mean they pollute very little on paper when in reality people just throw stuff into the ground / ocean etc.
I don't really believe this article. It seems like a typical clickbait shit article actually. Pollution is not only how much CO2 you release into the air, just look at some rivers in India which are incredibly polluted or countries in Africa where people simply burn metal in hunt for rare metals which they can sell. That pollution is probably not included in this statistic which makes me call bullshit on this claim.
Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#4This kind of research is well documented to be funded by foreign governments. The US Military night very well pollute an extraordinary amount, but such funding will mean we never get the emissions down in other countries and this has to be a global effort.
The House Committee on Natural Resources has already sent several letters [1] to groups like the National Resource Defense Council asking why they have whitepapers on their website significantly praising the Chinese fishing industry, probably the most exploitative fishing operation in the world right now. Also what I thought was interesting was that the NRDF has never filed a single complaint with the Chinese Navy for use of their sonar around whales while filing hundreds against the US Navy.
To be fair though, if I was a foreign government I would be doing this for sure to the US (also I’d push any general policy I thought might be a poor choice long term). Of course the United States almost certainly engages in this behavior too, but we have to acknowledge what is going on here.
[1] https://dailycaller.com/2018/06/05/congress-environmental-gr...
Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
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Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#6I always have wondered how people calculate pollution from countries. I mean, that must be from data gathered from the government? For countries/governments that doesn't even have or have a very limited garbage disposal, that must mean they pollute very little on paper when in reality people just throw stuff into the ground / ocean etc. I don't really believe this article. It seems like a typical clickbait shit artic…
Dirty rivers suck, but humanity's big problem right now is global warming.
Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#7Surprise, surprise, the military-industrial complex is destroying our planet. How people can still support this is beyond me.
When was the last time the "people" were asked if they agree with the size of their country's army ?
EDIT: we agree to disagree but my impression is that when it comes to army and security services the tail is wagging the dog almost everywhere - not only in US. Any congressman can be presented with classified information which with the right interpretation can justify basically anything and the said congressman will simply ignore the public will.
Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#8I always have wondered how people calculate pollution from countries. I mean, that must be from data gathered from the government? For countries/governments that doesn't even have or have a very limited garbage disposal, that must mean they pollute very little on paper when in reality people just throw stuff into the ground / ocean etc. I don't really believe this article. It seems like a typical clickbait shit artic…
The article is talking about carbon footprint, it's in the very first sentence, had you taken time to barely open the article.
Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#9Surprise, surprise, the military-industrial complex is destroying our planet. How people can still support this is beyond me.
When was the last time the "people" were asked if they agree with the size of their country's army ? EDIT: we agree to disagree but my impression is that when it comes to army and security services the tail is wagging the dog almost everywhere - not only in US. Any congressman can be presented with classified information which with the right interpretation can justify basically anything and the said congressman will…
At least in the US, every 2 years. Congress funds the military and determines its size.
Re: US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries
#10Surprise, surprise, the military-industrial complex is destroying our planet. How people can still support this is beyond me.
When was the last time the "people" were asked if they agree with the size of their country's army ? EDIT: we agree to disagree but my impression is that when it comes to army and security services the tail is wagging the dog almost everywhere - not only in US. Any congressman can be presented with classified information which with the right interpretation can justify basically anything and the said congressman will…
How is this different than any other topic? People get asked their opinion on this every time they are asked to go to vote. Support candidate that aren't promoting an isolationist and/or world police agenda for example.