Are you looking for a few more reasons to oppose the Iraq war? Not that you need them, but there is 141 million reasons to oppose the Iraq fiasco.
Our new report, A Climate of War, catalogs the greenhouse gas emissions of the Iraq war, along with an accounting of what we could have bought if we were spending that money fighting climate change instead of a war for oil.
Here are some of the shocking facts:1. Projected total US spending on the Iraq war could cover all of the global investments in renewable power generation that are needed between now and 2030 in order to halt current warming trends.
2. The war is responsible for at least
141 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2e) since March 2003. To put this in perspective, CO2 released by the war to date equals the emissions from putting 25 million more cars on the road in the US this year.
3. In 2006, the US spent more on the war in Iraq than the whole world spent on investment in renewable energy.
Click here to read more key findings, and download a copy of the report.
http://priceofoil.org/2008/03/19/iraq-25-million-new-cars-and-counting/The costs of the Iraq war are truly staggering. 3,992 US dead, 29,395 US wounded, 82-89,000 Iraqi dead, $3 trillion dollars. Finally, 141 million metric tons of carbon dioxide and money that is desperately needed to stop global warming is being squandered.
Its time to fight climate change, not wars for oil.
No War equals Less Warming.