The Navy secretary's dangerously skewed priorities

 He's basing policy direction for his branch of the military on the utter hooey about the global climate being in a dire situation:

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro just released “Climate Action 2030,” a 32-page report which identifies climate change as an “existential threat” to the U.S. Navy and the nation. In the report’s Foreword, Del Toro writes that climate is “the focal point” for his tenure as Navy Secretary, and notes that both President Biden and Defense Secretary Austin share that view. The Navy Department, Del Toro writes, will be an “environmental leader” that takes “bold climate action.” 

Here's how this will translate into actionable steps: 

The Navy Department report establishes two performance goals: to “build climate resilience” and “reduce climate threat.” Del Toro’s stated goal is to have the Navy Department “reduce its greenhouse gas emissions,” “stabilize ecosystems,” and “achieve … net-zero emissions by 2050.” Compare that to the goal of our nation’s most threatening naval adversary — China’s PLA Navy — which is to become the world’s leading naval power by 2049.

The Navy Department report is filled with color photographs of hurricanes, floods, electric vehicles, military families participating in an “oyster castle installation,” naval installations with solar panels, naval officers helping with disaster relief efforts, employees at a naval base planting salt marsh plants, electric-powered amphibious assault ships, and naval officers helping to install “mosquito surveillance and control equipment.” 

With regard to Del Toro noting that his focus is shared by Lloyd Austin and Biden, that's true. It's one of two points of focus, the other being the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion push.  

You want to talk some real existential threats? Situations such as Russia loading cruise missiles onto its submarines in the Black Sea and China surrounding Taiwan on massive "invasion rehearsal" drills in early May qualify or at least approach that status, don't they?

If the secretary is looking for a scenario to get that alarmed about, there's one staring him in the face. He doesn't need to get own board with a transition to play-like energy forms, the real aim of which would be to halt human advancement.