Money for War, Not for Warming

According to a new study by the Institute for Policy Studies, "For the 2008 fiscal year, the government budgeted $647.51 billion for military security. It budgeted $7.37 billion to slow climate change." In other words, "For every dollar allocated for stabilizing the climate, the government will spend $88 on achieving security by military force." This is actually an improvement. For the last five years, the ratio has averaged 97 to 1.