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NNadir

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2. Well, there are two ways to look at the effect of war on the climate disaster. Germany FUNDED Putin's war machine...
Sun Dec 8, 2024, 10:44 AM
Dec 2024

...in part because it phased out nuclear power, so there's that. Now that they can't get cheap dangerous natural gas from Russia, their economy is in deep shit.

I'm not sure that a breakdown exists with respect to war, but as of now, the two largest contributors to climate gas release, the United States and China are not in active wars, although the United States is funding wars.

The United States fought two wars to secure Middle Eastern oil, so there's that.

It is notable however, that the last best hope of humanity, nuclear energy, was originally developed and used for war like purposes. I'm not sure it would have been developed because it's superior to fossil fuels as well as so called "renewable energy," and of course, the use in war placed it under a cloud of suspicion, mushroom clouds quite literally, to be sure. The path through nuclear disarmament, for which there is no longer any impetus, might only proceed via the use of nuclear energy for peace, offering the opportunity to denature weapons grade material through changes in the actinide isotopic vectors. This is certainly feasible but not likely. There was a brief effort to do this during the Clinton/Yeltsin years, but that opportunity is gone under a cloud of ignorance.

Overall however, I believe that most of these increases are a result of consumer practices, everyone in the world aspiring, and sometimes succeeding, at living an "American lifestyle." The desire among the world's population to do so results in wars, to be sure, but wars do not improve lifestyles; they destroy lives and lifestyles.

We are rapidly consuming the world's resources, land especially, but minerals as well, and the result will not be a happy one. I attribute most of the result to wishful thinking and ignorance.

As for recs, I'm not looking for them. My life is approaching its end, and to the best of my ability, I want to convey the truth as I see it, and the the truth as I see it is extremely unpleasant. People in general would rather not worry and be happy. They shouldn't, but it's not a cultural imperative to do what's right as much as, in these times at least, as what is convenient. I'm not going to die happy with the world I'll leave behind, and to the extent I contributed to this outcome, I am ashamed. I deserve my share of the disapprobation.

Thanks for your comment.

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