BAE systems are reportedly developing environmentally friendly weapons, shouldnt we be developing ways to stop all the wars and fighting instead?
2006-09-17 00:17:14 · 13 answers · asked by iamthemullit 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes, but it will be a long and probably futile project. Humans are aggresive, competitive and territorial. Our best hope is to unite in the face of a common enemy e.g. Global Warming or an alien invasion. Which do you think is the most realistic threat?
2006-09-17 00:21:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I recall a story a few years back about the Clinton administration ordering a re-design of nuclear ICBM's because they used CFCs in the cooling systems, and that was environmentally unfriendly!
At first glance, this seemed a typical 'green idiots' story - what is the point of worrying about damage to the ozone layer if you are going to nuke a city, but if you think about it, it made a sort of sense - as long as the missiles were in service, the cooling systems were prone to leaks and needed to be regularly re-filled, so the CFCs were doing damage, and replacing them was a positive ecological step.
War is endemic, universal peace unobtainable, so thinking about the environmental impact of weapons is sensible. Think of the damage done by not doing so - a lot of current weaponry remains harmful and damaging long after a local conflict has finished (depleted uranium, for instance) so more power to BAE.
2006-09-17 00:27:51 · answer #2 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just read the article and agree that it is ridiculously ironic to think that we should create environmentally friendly weapons, when really we should not be creating weapons at all.
If a war has to be fought, then lets just use a pointy stick eh? Yes I realise it's a silly idea, but then so are wars in the first place.
2006-09-17 01:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by morgaenwyld 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope , sounds fairy tale to me, i was talking about the war, you can plant more Co2 guzzling and O2 spitting plants and save more animals and lock em up in the zoo, and force them to have sex with each other, or cover up the hole in the sky with duct tapes, but ya can never stop the war, look at those israeli and palestinian sons o bitches, they've been killin each other like ants, no peace there, fighting will always be an unsavoury display of the human ego and primal instinct but it will also be a part of who we are. dont try to change the world, change yourself.
war against war
2006-09-17 00:31:51 · answer #4 · answered by dudewtf? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How ironic.. so they want to make weapnos that kill people but don't want to harm the environment (which goes down to preserving human life in the end!)
It's a crazy world man..
2006-09-17 00:32:04 · answer #5 · answered by Kalooka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way to stop all wars is to submit to tyrants, or die. Since I choose to live and be free, green weps may be the next best thing.
2006-09-17 01:13:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I total agree, I'm sick of hearing our soliders being killed for trying to help.
Green weapons are still encouraging fighting
2006-09-17 00:29:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
weapons that kill people, but save the environment? seems like a fool proof way of saving the planet, seeing as its the humans who are screwing the planet up.
2006-09-17 00:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by edmunds_momma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah - but in the mean time we should be doing all we can to save our planet before it is too late!
2006-09-17 00:20:46 · answer #9 · answered by Fluffy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Spinach must be the first prototype
2006-09-17 00:23:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋