I believe when we talk about emission related to the US we shouldn’t take into account only the emissions inside the country, but also those created by the US elsewhere, from its military for example. And this is a problem that dates way back, long before the last couple of elections.
The US military is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases of any institution on Earth, generating an estimated 636 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent (a standardised measure of greenhouse gas emissions) between 2010 and 2019.
If it were a country, this would make the US military rank 47th globally in emissions, ahead of nations like Sweden and Portugal.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. These figures only include what’s known (…)
So according to what we know, out of the 5,000 million metric tons of CO2e we put out every year, there’s 63 million tons that’s from the military. I mean, that’s not a small deal by any means (which isn’t surprising since the military is one of the largest parts of the biggest single human organization on the planet that’s ever existed), but also I don’t see how it’s completely relevant to the idea that we fucked up on saving 1,000 million metric tons per year by letting Trump come to power.
I believe when we talk about emission related to the US we shouldn’t take into account only the emissions inside the country, but also those created by the US elsewhere, from its military for example. And this is a problem that dates way back, long before the last couple of elections.
The US military’s carbon footprint is mind-bogglingly big. Here’s how they could cut it | BBC Science Focus
But accounting for global military emissions is a tricky business. Because the reporting is voluntary
So according to what we know, out of the 5,000 million metric tons of CO2e we put out every year, there’s 63 million tons that’s from the military. I mean, that’s not a small deal by any means (which isn’t surprising since the military is one of the largest parts of the biggest single human organization on the planet that’s ever existed), but also I don’t see how it’s completely relevant to the idea that we fucked up on saving 1,000 million metric tons per year by letting Trump come to power.