In the Prologue to 50’s Sci Fi movie “5 Million Miles to Earth”, the protagonists (back when scientists were the heroes) muse about humanity’s ability to come together and deal with a crisis. Their dark prognosis seems to be playing out.
When it comes to taking stock of global emissions, there’s an elephant in the room: the world’s armed forces.
As temperatures hit new highs, scientists and environmental groups are stepping up pressure on the U.N. to force armies to disclose all their emissions and end a long-standing exemption that has kept some of their climate pollution off the books.
Among the world’s biggest consumers of fuel, militaries account for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2022 estimate by international experts.
5 Million Miles trailer:
What if they went more…organic?
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That’s one kinetic cat!
My god!, I remember clearly watching this miniseries on U.K T.V in the late 50’s, it was called “Quatermass and the Pit” over there, and trying to go to sleep afterwards feeling a little scared and nervous, about those devilish Hobbs from Hobbs Lane at Hobbs End in London.
Seems some of the world’s militaries are slowly reacting and realizing the need to cut fossil fuel usage. All is not lost yet.
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“The military is preparing for climate change, too, and one major focus of those efforts is how it uses energy.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/14/metro/us-military-is-preparing-fight-climate-change/
“The service plans to set up a microgrid at every installation by 2035 and develop enough renewable energy and battery storage to make its critical missions self-sustaining by 2040. ”
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-military-overseas-bases-microgrids-power/