I find it also interesting on this day that a report indicates that China, a Kyoto signator but not bound to any limitations as they are a "developing" country, will overtake the US in emissions this year.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...24?hub=SciTech
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China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest source of greenhouse gases this year, a news report cited the International Energy Agency as saying.
China had been forecast to surpass the U.S. in 2010, but its sizzling economic growth has pushed the date forward, IEA chief economist Fatih Birol was quoted as saying in an interview in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal newspaper.
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Worse yet...
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If current trends hold, China's greenhouse gas emissions will likely exceed that of all industrialized countries combined over the next 25 years, wrote Economy.
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And their rationale...
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China maintains that richer countries are responsible for the accumulated greenhouse emissions and should take the lead in cleaning up the problem.
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Kyoto really is a joke in my opinion. The intent is there, but really, how does shooting yourself in the foot economically help address the root problem when a country like China can just walk over everyone, get the economic benefits and have no consequences.
Dion really needs to name his next dogs "Yen" and "Rubles".
China needs a major backlash from around the globe. They are a nuclear power. They have put people in space and plan on sending some to the moon. How in the heck should they be considered a developing country? Let alone their track record on human rights.
For the miniscule dent we Canadians can make by limiting emissions, it is easily offset by what they are doing. Shouldn't people be spending their time lobbying against China instead of pushing Kyoto here?