We cannot tackle climate change, and save our collective future, while increasing military spending.

If the global military were a country, it would be the fourth biggest emitter in the world, ahead of Russia.

NATO member states, for example, already spend 17 times as much on the military as Russia.

Adding solar panels to a military base is easy to do, but does nothing to tackle the main challenge, which is fossil fuel consumption by military jets, ships and tanks. For now, there is no alternative, green fuel that can be produced at the scale needed and without triggering unacceptable social and environmental consequences

    • roastpotatothief@lemmy.mlOP
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      2 years ago

      Can you think of a perspective more extreme, more anti-russian than your own?

      It’s a test of whether your view is an extreme view or a moderate one.

        • roastpotatothief@lemmy.mlOP
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          2 years ago

          You got me. I need to adjust the question.

          Can you think of a perspective more extreme, more anti-russian than your own? (And not just massacring everybody, obviously)

          I like your “bully” analogy. Russia’s problem is that it’s a small bully in a world of big bullies. It needs to steal food from smaller children or it will die. But the top tier bullies are afraid it will become a big bully and a threat if it stays healthy. They are stopping it stealing the food so it will die.

          Even more accurately, you could say Russia used to be a bully but is now poor and starving. It needs to steal a dock so it can fish. But the top tier bullies…

    • guojing@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Ukraine could alzo stop the war right now by entering peace negotiations and giving up the regions which voted for independence. NATO could also end the war by stopping to send weapons to Ukraine.