Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinordi
|
I guess we're screwed. Because there is no way in bloody hell that you're going to keep the emissions output to less than 500 gigatons over 20 years.
I also like how they completely blow over the fact that the US lowered emissions 20% based on a 'warm winter' and converting coal plants to NG plants. I mean the biggest economy in the world lowers their emissions by 20% and its not worth a whole paragraph?
Secondly, emissions output from China rose 9.3%, and Japan rose 2.4% simply from taking nuclear reactors offline.
If you actually run the numbers, China will more than likely emit over 100 gigatons of emissions over the next 20 years. That is 1/5 of the 500 gigaton number that is so concerning. How are we going to control China?
Nevermind that most people are saying that emissions in China will keep increasing from the 5.6 gigatons/year that it is at now.
The US is absolutely heading the right direction if you believe the numbers. Obviously a cold winter will be different, as well as a strong economy(more people drive), but unless you bring 20 new nuclear reactors online in the next 5 years, which will never happen, the US will keep emitting alot of CO2.
So where exactly will the change come from?