Video, ABC News, Global warming accelerating

[Arnie]

fc,

Lets assume you are right. Shouldn't we send our money to where it can do the most good? Most of our plants are 90% efficient, while those in developing countries are not. So wouldn't it make more sense to send our carbon tax money to places like China, India, countries in Africa, etc so we get the most bang for the buck? Assuming the goal is to reduce CO2 emmisions and given that we all breathe the same air.

 

[PHOENIX TRADING]

Quote from futurecurrents:

Oh, I get it. I'm wrong about GW because I'm an Obama supporter. That's how you guys "think".

However, I stand corrected. The US is not the highest per capita but among the large nations is right behind Australia. Qatar is the highest per capita (mostly because of desalination) and the others that are higher than the US are all small countries. The US has released the most CO2 of any country on an historical basis.

The point is, is that much of the CO2 problem is and has been us and we should be leading on the issue and we're essentially doing nothing.

top twenty emitting countries

Since you lambaste us in the US for essentially doing nothing.
Refresh my memory what ARE YOU doing about it other than posting dire predictions on ET?

 

[futurecurrents]

Quote from Arnie:

fc,

Lets assume you are right. Shouldn't we send our money to where it can do the most good? Most of our plants are 90% efficient, while those in developing countries are not. So wouldn't it make more sense to send our carbon tax money to places like China, India, countries in Africa, etc so we get the most bang for the buck? Assuming the goal is to reduce CO2 emmisions and given that we all breathe the same air.

No. Our plants may be efficient but they still burn fossil fuels. If I were king I would ban new vehicles getting less than 35 MPG. instill strong building and HVAC standards and push nuclear power along with renewables. But my main thing is that first the people of the world and especially the deniers in the US need to get their heads out their rigid ideological asses look at the writing on the wall and smell the hot air outside. If we keep doing what we're doing mankind faces certain catastrophe.