On 13 April 2018, Trump launched a missile attack on Syrian targets as an attempt to show the US military muscle and prowess.
The missiles hit nothing.
Well, of course, it hit something. But by nothing, I mean the target.
The U.S.-led strike did not hit a single airplane, airfield or delivery system, and it left Syria with chemical weapons capabilities. Even at the sites we did hit, the Syrians had plenty of time to move equipment and chemical stockpiles. - Washington Post, 15 April
It caused destruction alright... and cost the US military about US$100 million.
Meanwhile, 
"What would the world be like if 50% of the defense budgets of the 10 biggest nations was given to philanthropic causes?"
I'd like to entertain this idea. 😉
The top 10 biggest nations are going to spend about $1,200 billion in defense this year; with the United States carrying the largest budget in the world.
If half of this amount ($600 billion/yr) is used for causes that are good for the earth & humanity; it is the equivalent of:
- 300X Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; which has already
-- Saved 100 million children from chronic malnutrition and under-5 mortality.
-- Saved thousands of mothers from maternity deaths every year
-- Distribute vaccines against tuberculosis, malaria, HIV.
-- Improve sanitation and living conditions in impoverished countries.
-- Provide education & financial services for the poor.
-- Empower women the rights to own property and defend them.
For me, a budget this size can do a lot to spur renewable energy adoption; namely:
- Mass manufacture the most powerful solar panel in the world.
- Equip 700 million households with solar electricity every year.
- Optimistically, this would cover the world population within 10 years, wouldn't it?
Thus, reducing the largest contributor to carbon emissions by 90%, returning our global temperatures back to its balanced state.
Can't we just work together? LOL.
A New Kind of World War
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I imagine a new kind of war on the horizon.
World War 3 will be the War on Climate Change.
Climate change is real and will not discriminate your nationality. Its effects will be felt in this generation and the next. And it will take a global race to solve a global war.
I believe climate change is solvable. I invite everyone to focus on the solvable part of the equation. I believe we have it within our power to decide how much of it actually gets solved.
Let’s be ambitious. Let’s lead.
Buzz
Hi, my name is Jason aka @buzz.lightyear. I envision a future where renewable energy is our main source of electricity in this lifetime; reducing the largest contributor of carbon emissions by 90% and bringing our global temperatures back to its natural balance.
I believe that this is no easy task but it is achievable with your support.
I am developing an open blockchain that incentivises both producers and consumers of renewable energy and am looking to collaborate with brilliant minds who share this vision so that we can create a future where it just makes sense to go 100% renewable, visit your local store, buy some latest tech and generate energy for your own use and for others.
Photo credits:
Boat: VisualHunt
Syrian Soldier: Hassan Ammar on Washington Post / AP