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Climate change regulations used to slow US economy
Pete DuPont has an excellent article in the WSJ today
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The gist of this article is that developing countries still say they should be exempted from international climate change regulations. Unfortunately, those wishy-washy types in Congress and the UN are more than happy to oblige. Their willingness to let developing nations run amok environmentally is contrary to everything they claim to stand for.
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"In light of all this criticism, what is the status of global emissions over the past few decades? Compared with other countries, how has America done? We generate about 25% of the world's global warming emissions, which is not surprising since we are about 27% of the global economy.
From 1990 to 1995, America's emissions increased 3.9% compared with 3.4% for other developed nations.
From 1995 to 2000, the emissions increased to 11.3%, compared with other developed nations' decline of 1.4%.
From 2000 to 2005, our increase was 0.6% compared with other nations' 2.7%.
So we are making progress. Comparing us with other nations over the 1990-2005, period we are doing better than Canada, Greece, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and Turkey, and not as well as Australia, France, Germany, Britain and the Scandinavian nations."
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"Neither Kyoto nor Bali will solve our global energy emission problems. According to a Princeton University study a few year ago the world could hold its carbon dioxide emissions flat if 700 nuclear power plants were built around the globe, for they do not increase global warming. But they are not favored by the climate establishment, and so are not a part of the Bali solution.
Which makes one wonder whether the Kyoto/Bali emotion isn't really energy ballyhoo. Progress can be made in reducing global emissions through technological breakthroughs, not by an economic equality effort by nations irritated by America's economic success over the past decades."
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Did I read that correctly? If 700 nuclear plants were built around the world, carbon dioxide emissions would be nil. Maybe those ultra-lefties who want to save the Earth should also get off of their high horses and quick knocking nuclear energy. Heck, we can't all wear hemp.
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-Matt Hittle
Posted at 02:57PM Dec 19, 2007 by College Republicans in Climate Change/Global Warming | Comments[0]
