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| Subject: So the Parisi-based IEA doen't know what it's talking about? | |
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Date Posted: 11:43:11 04/26/07 Thu In reply to: Stephen 's message, "Re: Thre are several probems with the story as told here" on 09:39:07 04/26/07 Thu BTW, wikipedia is known for being inaqccurate. Anyone can post stuff on there. >First of all, carbon dioxide is not a pollutant and is >thus not regulated in the USA. > > >href="http://www.aip.org/fyi/2001/029.html">http://www. >aip.org/fyi/2001/029.html > >Second of all, china is still well-below the USA in >terms of emissions > > >href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by >_carbon_dioxide_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. > > >href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by >_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita">http://en.wikiped >ia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissio >ns_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=D8OMPHM >8 >>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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| The Parisi-based IEA did not write this article | Stephen | 13:25:31 04/26/07 Thu |
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| Yep the only ones accurate in your book are the likes of limbaugh | Bev | 14:48:30 04/26/07 Thu |