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Not that this means anything, but I was curious about the relative sizes just in terms of people: Portugal population: 10.3 million US Military: 1.3 million a
by newsbinator 7y ago
Not that this means anything, but I was curious about the relative sizes just in terms of people:
Portugal population: 10.3 million
US Military: 1.3 million active duty + 800,000 reserve
- graton 7y agoAlso don't forget civilian employees and contractors.
- luckylion 7y agoWere they included in the calculations for emissions? I guess that would become very complicated, because you'll need to include their homes, parts of the stores around them etc, and it gets very muddy very quickly.
- onetimemanytime 7y agoOr you can look it by spending: ~$700 BILLION a year and obviously it involves moving and sailing around. Portugal's entire GDP is around $240 Billion (not budget, GDP)
- wjnc 7y agoSo they actually get quite limited bang for buck. Or are pretty low CO2 intensive compared to a regular economy with people in it. Or manage to spend a lot on contractors that are not adequately accounted for, or ... A global carbon tax accounted for at a company level would alleviate this problem of comparisons. And is unfeasible (alas).
- onetimemanytime 7y agocontractors is my guess. Most of that $700B goes to arms manufacturers and providers.