Finally, the top brass are coming together to point out the relationship of the environment and terrorism: Increasingly, the effects of global warming will be droughts, floods, famine, and disease. The hardest-hit areas will be poor and unprepared. Meanwhile, the United States is, at least for now, the biggest single contributor to global warming. It doesn't take much of an intellectual leap to know where the blame will lie. Global warming, pollution, water crises, and the perception of an unfair balance of resources will promote even more desperate behavior in the countries and areas now spawning religious desperados. A paper co-authored by a group of 11 retired generals and admirals was recently put out by the CNA Corportation, a think-tank in Alexandria, VA. It's called National Security and the Threat of Climate Change" and is absolutely vital reading. If you take away one sentence from it, take this one:
"Climate change acts as a threat multiplier for instability in some of the most volatile regions of the world."
All of us have to keep hammering this point: Global warming and energy independence are national security issues. See the following links on this site for more:
RE:NEW (why this site is here, and what we're trying to do)
Also read:
Good paper -- Nexus: Oil and Al Qaeda (a related paper by Frank H. Denton, and hosted by americanenergyindependence.com)
~ Doug Logan, New Energy Watch
Can't agree more with your editorial. In Japan, a highly energy and resource efficient country, some
"Nenpimaniacs" ("mileage maniacs" in Japanese) have tweaked the Prius to deliver up to 116 mpg, according to Treehugger.com. There, school lunches are served with washable silverware, and real glasses are used. Much thought and concern is given to the impact of humans on environment. What holds Americans back from being equally respectful to our planet?
Posted by: Michele | 18 April 2007 at 03:07 PM