In what appears to be the first official acknowledgement of findings that China is emitting at least as much carbon dioxide annually as the United States (if not more), an official in charge of China's climate policy released a report saying as much that also warned of a big financial toll from climate change. "Climate change has already brought real threats to China's ecological system and economic and social development," he said at a news conference. "Whether or not we have surpassed [U.S. total emissions] is not in itself important." What is important, the report said, is that emissions will continue to grow. "[China's] coal-dominated energy mix cannot be substantially changed in the near future, thus making the control of greenhouse gases rather difficult."
source: Reuters
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Delay And Deny Posted 3:29 am
29 Oct 2008
So after all is said and done, we were basically fooled into wrecking our economy by smarter strategists in India and China.
While we piddled around worrying about the sky falling, they surged ahead and continued to grow their economies, CO2 be darned.
Those who aided China and India in their quest, like Bono and Gore, were rewarded.
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infp Posted 4:39 am
29 Oct 2008
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racc Posted 7:43 am
29 Oct 2008
Time to restore our economy through massive investment in high speed rail and rapid transit. This is what the Chinese are already doing.
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