Is Global Warming an immediate threat to national security?

Col Joseph Lenertz — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:24:35 -0400

Climate change will affect the Department of Defense's ability to defend the Nation and poses immediate risks to U.S. national security.
http://www.acq.osd.mil/ie/index.shtml

Response by SGT Nia Chiaraluce made Mar 23 at 2015 2:33 PM

SGT Nia Chiaraluce — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:33:49 -0400

Thank you for posting this, I found it very informative. I hope that with insight like this we are able to set up mitigation measures around areas of higher risk. The other concern that is behind the scenes here is the downsize of our active component tasked with other GRF missions if a natural disaster does occur here at home, like Hurricane Katrina.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 30 at 2015 9:57 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:57:04 -0400

Absolutely not! Meteorologist Larry Olson 35 years.. that

Response by SSG Robert Burns made Mar 30 at 2015 10:33 PM

SSG Robert Burns — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:33:49 -0400

I don't think the words "warming" and "immediate" have anything in common.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 31 at 2015 8:17 AM

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:17:21 -0400

Madness. This is all I got.

Response by TSgt Tim (lj) Littlejohn made Mar 31 at 2015 10:29 AM

TSgt Tim (lj) Littlejohn — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:29:12 -0400

OK running up the BS flag! If Global Warming, ever becomes a threat to national security we're all toast. LMAO

Response by 2LT Scott Armstrong made Mar 31 at 2015 12:07 PM

2LT Scott Armstrong — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:07:28 -0400

Climate has always changed over time and started long before humans were influencing it and will continue long after we're gone. The very premise that it's a danger arrogantly presumes there is an optimal climate; that we can influence it; that we caused it. If only we as a species were that powerful. The agenda driven politics of the environmental movement, citing narratives over science with rear-religious fervor, is far more of a threat to the nation than climate itself. The struggle has far more to do with political power and control of grant dollars than it does climate or weather as scientific issues.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 31 at 2015 9:01 PM

Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:01:16 -0400

Absolutely! Water shortages driven by what I'd call climate change is an issue the U.S. and the world is going to have to face soon. Invest in desalinization technology!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 24 at 2015 2:10 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 24 May 2015 14:10:58 -0400

Okay this is total malarkey!

Response by SGT Hector Rojas, AIGA, SHA made May 24 at 2015 4:26 PM

SGT Hector Rojas, AIGA, SHA — Sun, 24 May 2015 16:26:29 -0400

I'm sure Californians are paying attention now.

Maybe not an "immediate" threat to National Security but certainly a threat. Water wars used to be a sci-fi topic, nowadays, less fiction and more science.

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Nov 13 at 2015 8:02 PM

SGT Jerrold Pesz — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:02:56 -0500

No.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Nov 14 at 2015 6:38 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 18:38:28 -0500

I guess it will depend on how many Cat 4 & 5 hurricanes make landfall.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Nov 15 at 2015 10:22 PM

CAPT Kevin B. — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 22:22:35 -0500

Do we contribute? Yes. How much? There's the rub. Interesting thing is the Sun appears headed for its periodic quiet time by 2030 which takes us into the mini ice age period. So by the time we're out of it, hopefully technology that's affordable and makes sense will lessen our planetary footprint. Unrestrained population growth will be dampened by the limited food supply. So about the year 3000, we can harvest the trees to make real Stradivarius instruments again. The shape and glues have been long figured out. It's just the wood doesn't exist right now to make that sound.

Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 16 at 2015 11:33 AM

Cpl Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 11:33:46 -0500

No. It's a monetary scheme created by lazy pseudo scientists who get paid with taxpayer funded grants. They appeal to greedy politicians who want more tax revenue who in turn give more grant money. It's a mutually beneficial, symbiotic relationship.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 16 at 2015 1:22 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 13:22:13 -0500

Until large scale desalination projects become a reality climate change is going to have a hell of a role in the US, specifically the continental south west, when they start running out of water. If people think an entire region of the U.S. losing access to drinking water isn't a national security issue then I don't know what to tell them, and that's only one small aspect of this much larger overall issue.

Response by SPC Nathan Freeman made Nov 17 at 2015 7:48 PM

SPC Nathan Freeman — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:48:30 -0500

There hasn't been any global warming in 18 years. Actually the earth is cooling. The ice caps are 65% larger now than they were when Al Gore brought it to our attention. (By the way, he owns numerous houses over 10,000 sq ft plus yachts so he isn't exactly curbing his own carbon footprint). Is there climate change? Of course there is. The climate is always changing but not because of us. The earth has had numerous ice ages and then warming which had nothing to do with burning fossil fuels or cavemen having barbecues and driving SUVs. This is a ploy by the government to usurp authority and waste more money.

Response by CPT Pedro Meza made Nov 17 at 2015 8:04 PM

CPT Pedro Meza — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:04:41 -0500

I recall the commercials of the 1970's in which a flower draped woman would make thunder and lighting and would always say It not nice to Mess with Mother Nature" that hold more truth today. Nature can't be politicize.

Response by 1SG Nick Baker made Nov 17 at 2015 8:07 PM

1SG Nick Baker — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:07:55 -0500

What about solar flares? The sun plays a big part in weather. Is there a measure of solar activity that can be correlated to temperature change?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 13 at 2021 10:57 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:57:41 -0500