Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Carbon bootprint: What's NATO's responsibility for the global climate crisis? | DW Analysis" video.

Yeah but she's mouthing off like a typical American and there is something very misleading in this. All militaries operate trucks, tanks, jets and ships. Plus they have vast numbers of portable generators. Not only do all those burn fossil fuel but they consume huge amounts of energy making all those trucks, tanks, jets and ships. The only exception are the nuclear ships & submarines but even then they have emissions during construction. So by the very nature of their basic operations all militaries are big emitters.
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That's a great point I just made in a reply to another comment. Nuclear powered ships and subs don't emit much once built, but getting them built does. I used to work in the auto industry building manufacturing cells and lines. A little understood fact about motor vehicles is how much energy (with the emissions) is required to make a car. Depending on the type of car and how its used it can be anywhere from 15-25 years of operation before a car on the road emits as much CO2 as their is emitted making the car. People forget just how much it takes to get the metal out of the ground and get it processed and then made into parts and then assembled into a car. Then there's all the plastic components. And recycling doesn't help that much because recycling also uses energy and if that energy is carbon fueled the re-cycling is also an emitter.
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@d.russellmoros7841 Until you've been inside the auto industry and seen the supply chain its hard to get a handle on how much goes into making a car. We also tend to forget that cars have so massive amount of equipment in them compared to previous generations. Just go look at the engine bays of various cars. All that stuff needs energy to be manufactured. Another great issue with general pollution and energy is paint.
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@d.russellmoros7841 There' snot that much anybody can disagree with in that. Maybe people will hesitate on vehicle ownership, because its so circumstantial. If you are a family with school age kids its quite likely you need a car. Its not just going to school its all the other stuff kids do. BUT a lot of millennials are not buying cars because they have options like shared cars or public transport. They don't have kids and can get away without a car. If they are GIG economy then they have even less need for a car. Its actually a major concern to manufacturers. There is a chunk of the market that they thought would start buying cars as they started earning money and they just haven't. They also aren't buying houses and for some economies that's an even bigger concern.
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