By Tarak Kauff, Katherine Ball
A ranar Talata, bam din bam na 30 ya tashi a cikin sararin samaniya a kan kogin Hudson da ke gabashin koyon West Military Military Academy.
Wani bam din da ke dauke da carbon dioxide, hydrogen, da oxygen da ke kunshe a harsashi na yau da kullum na azurfa da ke rufewa, an halicci bam din bam a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin bincike da aka hada da ƙungiyar kayan aiki na Ƙungiyar Fassara.
Wasikar a gefen bam din an karanta, "Sojojin Amurka: Mafi yawan mabukata na mai, mafi girma emitter na CO2."
An kawo bam din bam din a cikin kogi ta hanyar jirgin ruwa a cikin jirgin ruwa ta hanyar tafiya guda biyu a cikin Kogin Hudson zuwa New York don saurin haɓaka yanayi. A yammacin West Point, tsohuwar ma'aikatan soji na rundunar soja ta Veterans For Peace, sun hada da Sea Change Flotilla, wanda ke shirin shirya bam din bam a Tsakiyar Wars, Tsayawa a cikin watan Maris na 21.
“Babban mai laifi a duk wannan zafin duniyan ba kai bane ko ni saboda ba ma sake amfani da shi sosai. Sojojin Amurka ne, wadanda suka fi amfani da burbushin halittu kuma mafi yawan fitar da CO2 a doron kasa - ba tare da ambaton yaƙe-yaƙe da take yi na neman albarkatu da iko ba - yaƙe-yaƙe na hallaka mutane, rayuwa da mahalli, ”in ji sojan na Amurka. Tarak Kauff.
Kamar yadda Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta shirya don saduwa a birnin New York a watan Satumba na 23 don tattaunawa akan sauyin yanayi, wani batun da ba zai kasance a kan teburin tattaunawa ba shine isar da sojojin Amurka. Kodayake sojojin Amurka sun kasance sun zama mafi girma a cikin CO2, ba a buƙatar sojojin ba da rahoton rahoton su zuwa Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Duk da yake Pentagon bai yarda ya saki bayanai na amfani da man fetur, an kiyasta cewa sojojin Amurka na da alhakin kashi biyar cikin 100 na yawan gine-gine na duniya.
"A tattaunawar da ake yi game da dakatar da canjin yanayi, an fi mai da hankali kan amfani da kyawawan halaye," in ji Katherine Ball of Tools for Action. “Shin da gaske ne idan muka yi kokarin tashi kadan idan Sojojin Sama na Amurka suka ci gaba da kona kashi daya bisa hudu na man jirgin sama na duniya? Dole ne mu magance matsalolin da ke haifar da canjin yanayi: abin da ya fi dacewa da muhalli da za ku iya yi shi ne adawa da yaki. ”
Shekaru da yawa, sojojin Amurka sunyi yaƙe-yaƙe don samar da albarkatun man fetur - kuma a cikin wannan tsari, Ma'aikatar Tsaro na Amurka ta ƙãra makamashi kuma ta haifar da karin carbon fiye da sauran hukumomi a duniya. A cikin 2003, yayin da sojojin suka shirya yakin Iraki, sojojin sun kiyasta cewa zai cinye karin man fetur a cikin makonni uku kawai fiye da Sojojin Soja da aka yi amfani da su a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Masanin Guardian ya kiyasta cewa, a dukan yakin Iraki, matashin soja na Amurka ya kasance tsakanin 250-600 miliyan tons.
“Tsoma bakin sojoji game da mai kawai karshen ruwan ne. Sojoji suna shirye don yaƙi da 'yaƙe-yaƙe na yanayi' game da albarkatun da canjin yanayi ya lalata: ruwa, ƙasar noma, abinci. Wannan mummunan yanayi ne: A yayin yakin wadannan yake-yake, sojoji za su fitar da hayaki, wanda zai haifar da karin canjin yanayi, wanda hakan ke kara dagula albarkatu da haifar da yakeken yanayi, wanda zai haifar da karin hayaki… ”Artúr van Balen na Kayan aikin na Action ya ce .
Sojojin Amurka da kanta sun daɗe suna faɗakar da gaskiyar yaƙe-yaƙe, “Tasirin tasirin canjin yanayin zai fi na masu narkar da barazanar tsoro; za su kasance a matsayin abubuwan da ke haifar da rashin kwanciyar hankali da rikici, ”in ji Kwamitin Ba da Shawarar Sojojin Amurka Rahoton Tsaron Kasa da Hanzarta Hanzarta Sauyin Yanayi.
"Muna ha] a kan halayyar yanayi a dukan fa] in ayyukanmu don tabbatar da wani shiri mai tsabta," in ji John Conger, Mataimakin Pentagon, a karkashin Sakataren Tsaron Tsaro game da Ayyuka da Muhalli, a wata sanarwa da ta biyo bayan rahoton 2014. Ma'aikatan makamai na duniya suna shirye-shiryen wadannan yakin duniya, suna tsammanin za a sami karin buƙata don samfurorin su yayin da sauyin yanayi ya karu.
Katherine Ball ta kammala da cewa: "Shin karfin soji ne shirin gwamnatin Amurka na magance canjin yanayi?"
