Comments on: U.S. Army, Boston Make Plans for Green Fleets http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/12/08/us-army-boston-make-plans-for-green-fleets/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jonathan http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/12/08/us-army-boston-make-plans-for-green-fleets/comment-page-1/#comment-361307 Jonathan Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:33:35 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/12/08/us-army-boston-make-plans-for-green-fleets/#comment-361307 It is always hard to read news like that. It seems that ‘we’ accept that war is OK if it is fought sustainably. But how can war be sustainable? Do armies measure their "blood-print"? Do they define targets such as ‘this year we will just wound, not kill’? We have to stop accepting that sustainability is just doing greenwashing initiatives. In this case we should not applaud armies for using renewable energy. We should blame that for doing what they do with any king of energy. We must not forget that the US Department of Defense is the largest polluter in the world. They're not just killing people but also the planet. It is always hard to read news like that. It seems that ‘we’ accept that war is OK if it is fought sustainably.

But how can war be sustainable? Do armies measure their “blood-print”? Do they define targets such as ‘this year we will just wound, not kill’?

We have to stop accepting that sustainability is just doing greenwashing initiatives. In this case we should not applaud armies for using renewable energy. We should blame that for doing what they do with any king of energy.

We must not forget that the US Department of Defense is the largest polluter in the world. They’re not just killing people but also the planet.

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