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| Subject: Re: Thre are several probems with the story as told here | |
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Author: Stephen |
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Date Posted: 09:39:07 04/26/07 Thu In reply to: Stephen 's message, "Thre are several probems with this story" on 09:26:33 04/26/07 Thu First of all, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and is thus not regulated in the USA. http://www.aip.org/fyi/2001/029.html Second of all, china is still well-below the USA in terms of emissions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions The per capita-emission of the USA far surpasses anything that China will be able to reproduce in the near future. As of 2003, the USA ranked 11th while China was 99th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita >>Report: China Will Pass U.S. As Polluter >> >>Apr 24 01:41 AM US/Eastern >> >> >> >>SHANGHAI, China (AP) - China will pass the United >>States as the world's biggest source of greenhouse >>gasses this year, an official with the International >>Energy Agency was quoted as saying. >>China had been forecast to surpass the U.S. in 2010, >>but its sizzling economic growth has pushed the date >>forward, the IEA's chief economist, Fatih Birol, was >>quoted as saying in an interview appearing in >>Tuesday's Wall Street Journal newspaper. >> >>"In the past couple of months, economic growth and >>related coal consumption has grown at such an >>unexpected rate," Birol was quoted as saying. China's >>rising emissions will effectively cancel out attempts >>by other countries to reduce their own, he said. >> >>Those comments follow the weekend release of a Chinese >>government report detailing the costs of climate >>change but asserting that the country should focus on >>development before cutting greenhouse gas emissions. >> >>Higher than average temperatures meant spreading >>deserts, worsening droughts, shrinking glaciers and >>increased spread of diseases, said the report, >>compiled by more than a dozen government bodies. It >>said emission limits were unfair and would constrain >>China's current energy and manufacturing industries. >> >>China is a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol on reducing >>greenhouse gasses, but is exempt from its restrictions >>because it is a developing country. >> >>The Paris-based IEA advises developed country on >>energy policy. >> >> >>href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OMPHM8 >0 >>&show_article=1">http://www.breitbart.com/article.php? >i >>d=D8OMPHM80&show_article=1 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| So the Parisi-based IEA doen't know what it's talking about? | Oropan | 11:43:11 04/26/07 Thu |
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| Here's more... | Oropan | 15:52:18 04/26/07 Thu |