Guardian Complains That NATO Rearmament Will Increase Carbon Emissions – Guido Fawkes

Guardian Complains That NATO Rearmament Will Increase Carbon Emissions

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The Guardian is busy promoting its main exclusive story today: “NATO rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year, study finds.” A corker…

Apparently the costs of responding to armed threats to the West are doubled by the resulting “climate action.” Miliband will be reading closely…

“For every dollar invested in new hardware, there is not only a corresponding carbon cost but also an opportunity cost to potential climate action, critics say.”

The Guardian’s report has only looked at NATO countries. Russia and China are off the hook…

“Recent estimates of the social cost of carbon – a monetary indicator of the damage of CO2 emitted – put it at $1,347/tCO2e, suggesting the annual cost of Nato’s military buildup could be as much as $264bn a year.”

Naturally the recommendation will be that western allies should pay for a carbon offset for every rifle they buy from now on. Clown show latest…