Damn the deniers, full speed ahead!

The Navy Wants You... To Be Energy Efficient

Posted by Ross Pomeroy at Thu, 21 Jul 2011
Newton Blog

Despite the charged American political climate that now envelops the issue of global climate change, the United States Navy is now boldly moving forward with plans to reduce their massive consumption of energy and foreign oil through a project called Task Force Climate Change. The service branch views energy independence and climate change as matters of national security. Imagine that!

Because the Navy doesn't have the luxury of professing a political opinion, it is required to make rational decisions based on a plethora of objective information. Thus, through Task Force Climate Change, a branch of the Navy's Energy and Environmental Readiness Division, the Navy has made the following conclusions about global climate change after considering "a broad consensus of observational evidence and historical trends:"

• The Arctic is losing sea ice.
• Large land-fast ice sheets (particularly in Greenland and Antarctic) are steadily losing ice mass.
• Global air and sea temperatures are warming.
• Sea level is rising in certain areas.
• Precipitation patterns are changing.

In response to Navy Scientists' carefully considered conclusions and out of a desire to promote the cause of energy security, Rear Admiral Phil Cullom has likened the current situation to our original war for independence.

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