boiler95 t1_j8gmnhy wrote
It’s crazy that the transition from Russian fossil fuels to renewable energy outweighs the big war machines ramping up.
Crypt0n0ob t1_j8hcz1f wrote
If you mean literal war machines like tanks, helicopters and other equipment in Ukraine war, their emissions even including all the explosions they cause is nothing really. Cars in small cities produce way more pollution that entire military equipment in Ukraine right now from both sides.
boiler95 t1_j8hshyn wrote
I was thinking more the air power and specifically the US Navy and AF being on such high alert lately.
draculamilktoast t1_j8hwuok wrote
It's ironic that war accelerates the transition away from dictator farts far more effectively than anything else.
gramoun-kal t1_j8j185e wrote
Not really. Ukraine has lost a lot of its power generation, and that alone is enough to account for all the tank diesel and jet fuel and explosions.
Russians were already impossibly wasteful before. Their energy is even cheaper now, but they can't possibly waste more.
War has always helped reduce pollution. Hell, just the act of killing humans reduces CO2.
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