The Secretary of Defense could start with the U.S. Military, now considered the world's largest climate polluter, emitting more CO2e (carbon-dioxide equivalent) than Morocco, Peru, Sweden, Hungary, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland. Cutting back on unnecessary global wars, mostly waged to increase the profits of U.S. weapons manufacturers, would be a big carbon offset. Of course, that ain't gonna happen and nothing much else of any consequence is gonna happen at the government level as the Biden administration has shown, so it's pretty clear that this whole idea of carbon offsets is indeed a dodge for the status quo. The hard truth is that the neoliberal, predatory capitalist global economy must be dismantled in order to ensure climate stability, but nobody really wants to admit that at the upper levels of the military/corporate/congressional establishment. Interesting post, though, Doug. It's too bad we have so many leaders who are incapable of telling the truth.
The Secretary of Defense could start with the U.S. Military, now considered the world's largest climate polluter, emitting more CO2e (carbon-dioxide equivalent) than Morocco, Peru, Sweden, Hungary, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland. Cutting back on unnecessary global wars, mostly waged to increase the profits of U.S. weapons manufacturers, would be a big carbon offset. Of course, that ain't gonna happen and nothing much else of any consequence is gonna happen at the government level as the Biden administration has shown, so it's pretty clear that this whole idea of carbon offsets is indeed a dodge for the status quo. The hard truth is that the neoliberal, predatory capitalist global economy must be dismantled in order to ensure climate stability, but nobody really wants to admit that at the upper levels of the military/corporate/congressional establishment. Interesting post, though, Doug. It's too bad we have so many leaders who are incapable of telling the truth.