"More actual carbon would be taken out of the atmosphere if all homeowners put solar panels on their roofs and get an electric car. " Well, err, no. The carbon emissions could be curtailed at least three-fold if you put THERMAL solar panels on your roof, as that yields at least three times the energy, which can also be stored, by the way. It does not destabilize the grid and therefore not require stand-by fossil power plants to cruise at sub-optimal levels which has so far led to solar "power" increasing the CO2 levels considerably. You are erudite enough, Juan, to understand all this, why do you advocate photovoltaic?
Sorry, was a bit cryptic here. Galtieri started the war to bolster his failing junta regime. Of course it backfired - he miscalculated that Thatcher had the will and Britain still the power to protect its islands half way around the globe. Hitler also had to eventually start a war or else his inflationary house of cards would have crumbled. He hoped, amongst other things, to recoup the cost of rearmament that way. The Iran/Iraq conflict had partially similar motives. Nothing is ever clear cut but wars are often started to bolster a regime.
I doubt the Egyptian army would actually cross the border to deal with Hamas. It is quite unlikely Israel would fancy that approach and Turkey equally might be rattled by more fire set to the Middle East powder keg. On the other hand, a war was always the way out for regimes in precarious situations, q.v. Argentine and the Malvinas/Falklands.
"More actual carbon would be taken out of the atmosphere if all homeowners put solar panels on their roofs and get an electric car. " Well, err, no. The carbon emissions could be curtailed at least three-fold if you put THERMAL solar panels on your roof, as that yields at least three times the energy, which can also be stored, by the way. It does not destabilize the grid and therefore not require stand-by fossil power plants to cruise at sub-optimal levels which has so far led to solar "power" increasing the CO2 levels considerably. You are erudite enough, Juan, to understand all this, why do you advocate photovoltaic?
Sorry, was a bit cryptic here. Galtieri started the war to bolster his failing junta regime. Of course it backfired - he miscalculated that Thatcher had the will and Britain still the power to protect its islands half way around the globe. Hitler also had to eventually start a war or else his inflationary house of cards would have crumbled. He hoped, amongst other things, to recoup the cost of rearmament that way. The Iran/Iraq conflict had partially similar motives. Nothing is ever clear cut but wars are often started to bolster a regime.
I doubt the Egyptian army would actually cross the border to deal with Hamas. It is quite unlikely Israel would fancy that approach and Turkey equally might be rattled by more fire set to the Middle East powder keg. On the other hand, a war was always the way out for regimes in precarious situations, q.v. Argentine and the Malvinas/Falklands.