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  • The US military is fundamentally a genocidal, imperialist institution, and so the moral issues of these recent invasions is hardly a starting point to consider how to change it. The people who sign up for military service by and large want to, and therefore have no moral issue with the century of imperialism and genocide that this institution has been used to perpetrate. No, it isn’t mostly poor and vulnerable groups, it is in fact over represented by middle-class, white Americans, and that means they also have their own material interest in this imperialism as it maintains their privileged way of life.

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  • Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is a synthetic chemical that plays a critical role as an electrical insulator in high-voltage equipment. The gas is odorless, invisible, non-toxic and non-flammable. But it is also a climate killer, 24,300 times more effective at warming the planet than carbon dioxide on a pound-for-pound basis. Once released, sulfur hexafluoride remains in the atmosphere for 1,000 years.

    Emissions come primarily from the electric power sector, where the gas is used in circuit breakers and other high-voltage equipment to prevent electricity from arcing. Nearly indestructible, SF6 serves as a critical backstop for any modern electric grid, ensuring that electricity flows only when and where it is needed. However, when electrical equipment in China reaches the end of its useful life, much of the gas is likely vented into the atmosphere.