The people at Oil Change International provide some analysis. The current cluster-fuck in Iraq is creating a whole lotta atmospheric carbon. It’s not hard to believe that major combat operations burn a lot of fossil fuels. But 25 million cars worth of GHG? I guess it’s possible. On the bright side, the Iraqis themselves have significantly reduced their electricity consumption since we took over!

Aside from the direct contributions to global warming, the occupation of Iraq is consuming a lot of money that could be better spent, you know, mitigating the climate catastrophe upon us. And it is upon us. Just ask the penguins. Or the polar bears. Or the penguins and the polar bears (yes, there are penguins and polar bears together in the photo on that box).

Via via.