You Will Anyway: While Dolt 45 Denies Climate Change, the US Military Plans in Accordance with Science

Thursday, September 21, 2017

While Dolt 45 Denies Climate Change, the US Military Plans in Accordance with Science

Langley-Eustis (The Langley Air Force Base merged with the Army’s Fort Eustis in 2010) is just one of 128 U.S. military bases and installations that could be threatened by a three-foot sea level rise, which could occur by the end of the century.

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While the White House denies that climate change is happening, the military has been aware of the risks of climate change since 1990, and has been actively working for a number of years already to avoid and adapt to the worst effects of climate change, including flooding, extreme heat, extreme weather, and more.

“The military folks that I work with are often careful not to discuss politics,” said Peter Coleman, executive director of Columbia’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity, and professor of psychology and education. “But thinking about future scenarios where climate change is an issue makes perfect sense because the probabilities are high, given the science, so they have to prepare for it. That’s their job.”

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The CCS’s military expert panel report recommends that the military take sea level rise risk into consideration when planning infrastructure, operations, and strategy; that it play out catastrophic climate scenarios when planning; make decisions only after considering the worst climate risks possible; track climate trends as the forecasting technology improves; and collaborate with civilian communities and international counterparts to deal with climate change impacts.

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The Department of Defense has a department-wide goal to obtain at least 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, reduce its petroleum use and draw on more alternative fuels.

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The number of renewable energy projects in the U.S. military almost tripled between 2011 and 2015, with many of them enabling bases to be energy independent in case of a natural disaster or attack. The use of distributed renewables at bases reduces the possibility of disruptions in procuring energy, and increases resilience in case of cyberattacks on the grid.

State of the Planet

So the army is planning for the future. Why can't the civilian government?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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