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China surpasses US pollution, still exempt from Kyoto - ECSNorway - 04-25-2007 Quote:-- "I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered... R! DOROTHY! WAYNERIGHT! -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. Re: China surpasses US pollution, still exempt from Kyoto - rmthorn - 04-26-2007 Quote:Yep, it sucks. I still don't think that it excuses countries like the US and Australia from doing their bit to reduce greenhouse emissions though. Re: China surpasses US pollution, still exempt from Kyoto - ECSNorway - 04-27-2007 Note that China's population = ~ 6 times that of the USA. Once China reaches US-level industrialization - if that is your criteria for it no longer being a developing country - it will be putting out six times as much pollution. Greens, if you ever want me to believe you are anything more than watermelons, NOW is the time to go after Beijing, not just Washington. -- "I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered... R! DOROTHY! WAYNERIGHT! -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. Re: China surpasses US pollution, still exempt from Kyoto - Epsilon - 04-28-2007 Compared to the fact that China alone accounted for over 3400 executions in 2004 alone, more than five times that of every other country on Earth combined, I think we have more things to worry about in terms of China than just greenhouse gases. Yes, China is full of assholes. Yes, the global community is doing a very poor job of controlling it (this would be because the US owes more money to China than it would like to admit). Yes, they are destroying the environment, not just of their own country but off the world. But the proper answer to "They're polluting more than us" is not "Let's pollute more to, we have to stay competitive" its "stop fucking coddling China you assholes". But until people are willing to pay $2-$4 more for everything (and sometimes as much as $50 more for electronics) China will continue to be what it is. So yes, we should be doing something about China. I hope they stop kowtowing to it. ------------------- Epsilon Re: China surpasses US pollution, still exempt from Kyoto - ECSNorway - 04-28-2007 Quote:Oh, I agree, and I never said otherwise -- if you read that into what I've been saying, you're looking for what isn't there. Quote:Indeed. The biggest irony of it all? It finally gives liberals a worthwhile justification for detesting Wal*Mart. -- "I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered... R! DOROTHY! WAYNERIGHT! -- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. Re: China surpasses US pollution, still exempt from Kyoto - Valles - 04-28-2007 Quote:I've always found their treatment of their employees more than adequate, actually... but more ammunition is always good. Ja, -n =============================================== "I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now." |