Global Warming and the Iraq War

[napi21]

http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=375


Between March 2003 and October 2007 the US military in Iraq purchased more than 4 billion gallons of fuel from the Defense Energy Support Center, the agency responsible for procuring and supplying petroleum products to the Department of Defense. Burning these fuels has directly produced nearly 39 million metric tons of CO2 Just transporting 4 billion gallons of fuel to the military in Iraq consumed at least as much fuel as was delivered nearly doubling overall fuel-related emissions.

Check out the entire article. There's some very disturbing stats in it. People question why gas is soo expensive and what has increased the growth of global warming. Well this is a BIG parrt of it!!!!

[ensho]

1. TRUE

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[otohara]

2. Ugh - Killing

people and the planet.

Thanks for posting this important story.

[rawtribe]

3. k&R n/t