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The money US have spent on the five-year Iraq War could have shifted the entire world to renewables

Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says that the ultimate cost of the war will top $3 trillion.
Sen. Harry Reid’s office has released its own attempt at tallying the cost of the war, not only in money but in lives, military readiness, security, and the stability of the Middle East.

Oil Change International has issued a new report called A Climate of War (PDF), which attempts to quantify the greenhouse gases associated with the war and the opportunity costs of fighting the war rather than climate change.
– from gristmill

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