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War and sustainability
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Key words: Sustainability, resource wars, resources, natural capital, posterity, sustainable use of the planet
SUMMARY
The purpose of war is to destroy, and, even with precision bombs and missiles, some collateral damage still occurs. Inevitably, natural capital and other types of capital are destroyed or impaired. In Vietnam, the foliage of forests was targeted. In the Gulf War, Iraq released crude oil into the Red Sea, which damaged marine life, and set Kuwaiti oil fields on f...
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