Posted on 10/05/2022 12:22:21 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
U.S. Air Force and Space Force officials released a climate action plan Wednesday that includes a goal of operating bases at net-zero emissions by 2046, an ambitious effort to rein in the sizable carbon footprint of the U.S. military’s air wing.
The plan released Wednesday is the first of its kind in Air Force history and joins a growing list of acknowledgments from U.S. armed forces that they will have to make changes as climate change intensifies.
The plan also aims to include, within the next two years, climate considerations into the way it educates and trains Air Force and Space Force personnel.
“I want them to get to a place where, as they make decisions, even at the tactical level down at the base, they make those decisions based upon what risks and effects climate change can have on the ability of them doing their job every day,” Oshiba said.
The most ambitious goal in the plan is to shift the department away from its reliance on fossil fuels as both aviation fuel and as an energy source, something crucial for meeting the lofty net-zero emission goals.
“While the department cannot singularly reverse the causes of climate change, we can reduce our energy footprint and increase demand for zero-carbon-based energy sources,” the Air Force plan reads. “We must both reduce our energy con
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The Air Force also released its spiffy new instrument of surrender, printed in chartreuse, lavender, and puce.
The whole gubbermint has taken a trip to crazytown.
Wasn't Jerry Garcia a subject of such an experiment?
how about D.E.I., or maybe DIE?
Just watched that movie again the other night, it’s free on YT.
I’d have thought Jerry Garcia would be a willing participant. The British soldiers in that old video had no idea they were being given LSD in their water
shouldn’t be too difficult to scale up by a factor of a thousand ... advantages too: very stealthy due to wood instead of metal and zero heat signature as well ... one of those win, win, win deals ...
Next comes “Muslim outreach.”
Did the CIA’s Experiments With Psychedelic Drugs Unwittingly Create the Grateful Dead?
Suuure. Algae for jet fuel?
It’s like two distinct movies.
Let me guess
Won’t fly airplanes anymore and change the name to the
U.S. Air Farce.
Not. Happening. Ever.
These military officers should not be fired—they should be court martialed.
This insanity is blatant treason.
Court martials take time. Sure, court martial them. But first relieve them all of command. 1st day in office.
Lord, it’s just embarrassing...
Colonel, USAF JAGCR (Ret)
Hang gliding. They’ll make fighter hang gliders! We’re saved!
I guess they plan on grounding all training flights
China doesn’t even have to lift a finger to eclipse the USA.
We’ll all be drinking that free bubble up and dining on Rainbow Stew.
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