A strategy of sustainable self-sufficiency means shrinking the navy in favor of a larger and more capable coast guard.13 It means terminating plans to field a costly arsenal of new planet-destroying nuclear weapons in favor of expanding the production of planet-friendly renewable energy. Instead of spending billions of dollars to develop a next-generation strategic bomber—estimated cost $550 million per aircraft—it means modernizing and expanding the aging air fleet the Forest Service relies on to fight fires of ever-increasing scope and intensity.14 Rather than relentlessly pursuing a way of
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