We have recently received a note from Alan Maki of Minnesota about his blog posting.  He is trying to get people to think about the connections between the military-industrial complex and global warming.  Here is an exerpt from his blog (to read more, go to http://thepodunkblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/some-thoughts-about-copenhagen-and.html):

I’m curious; is there any industry that contributes more to global warming than Wall Street’s military-financial-industrial complex as it profits from preparation for wars and wars?

If so, which ones?

I find it interesting environmentalists do not even mention militarization and the preparation for wars and fighting wars as a contributor towards global warming during this climate change debate even though this militarization consumes huge amounts of power, huge amounts of natural resources and requires an unbelievable amount of production from the very industries that are the primary contributors to global warming.

All those bombs “bursting in air” and exploding killing people must contribute some to global warming, too.

If we can’t stop wars because they kill people and other living things; perhaps we should consider stopping wars because they contribute to global warming.

Maybe we should compare the benefits of peace to changing light bulbs and dotting our shorelines with windmills? How is it neither Barack Obama nor Al Gore talk about the role of militarization and wars while talking about global warming and climate change?