... the situation is made even worse when governments in the developed world, when preparing for war, themselves violate environmental regulations - as in exploiting protected wilderness areas for oil - persuading their citizens that such operations are to increase national safety and must therefore take priority over any concern for the environment. Our reckless burning of fossil fuel contributes to global climate change even in times of peace - imagine the monstrous increase in CO2 emissions that would be generated by modern warfare around the globe.
It is desperately important that the general public should have access to the facts. Unfortunately, a common response is to shy away from such knowledge. People prefer not to know, not to think about such things but rather, like some gigantic flock of ostriches, bury their heads in the sand. As more and more of that sand becomes contaminated as a result of war and the preparations for war...
Jane Goodall
Resurgence May/June 2003
link thru Alternet
