Which begs the question, will the liberal GWACBM disciples go after China like they go after America? (Actually, it begs lots of questions, such as, why are they so fixated on blaming Man to start with, but, let’s move on, shall we?)
(Guardian) China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest producer of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, figures released today show.
The surprising announcement will increase anxiety about China’s growing role in driving man-made global warming and will pile pressure onto world politicians to agree a new global agreement on climate change that includes the booming Chinese economy. China’s emissions had not been expected to overtake those from the US, formerly the world’s biggest polluter, for several years, although some reports predicted it could happen as early as next year.
But according to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, soaring demand for coal to generate electricity and a surge in cement production have helped to push China’s recorded emissions for 2006 beyond those from the US already. It says China produced 6,200m tonnes of CO2 last year, compared with 5,800m tonnes from the US. Britain produced about 600m tonnes.
Of course, there are two things that are being missed in this whole global warming as caused by Man debate. First, China and the USA not only have a larger industrial base then most countries around the world, but are in fact much bigger countries. The United Kingdom is only about the size of Oregon. Of course it will have a lower CO2 output.
Second, and more important, is that throughout this whole silly debate about CO2, the disciples are completely ignoring the pollution aspect. CO2 is not that bad of a gas. It’s natural. We require it for life. It has been around longer then life has existed on this planet. What we need to focus our attentions on is actual pollution. Which is worse?
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The second one surely has CO2 floating around. But it is not going to damage our lungs, cause sickness, and possibly even kill us.
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