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From: "Raymond Arritt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:01 AM
Subject: [Global Change: 471] Re: Who will be first?
> Per capita greenhouse-gas emissions for the US are essentially the same
> as those for Canada and lower than those for Australia, suggesting that
> you hold some of your ire in reserve for the wastrel denizens of those
> countries as well as the US.
>
> More constructively, let's look at what those three countries have in
> common: they're all very highly-developed economies yet have
> significant agricultural sectors, and they all have low population
> densities. It may be fun to toss invective at one nation or another,
> but it would be more interesting from a scientific point of view to
> understand why these countries are high per-capita emitters and what are
> the most feasible ways for them to reduce their emissions (IPCC WGIII,
> anyone?).
Although you have extended it from one to three countries, my point
is still the same. You are still looking at the problem from and insular
POV. Even if the USA reduced its output of CO2 to zero, atmospheric
CO2 levels would continue to rise. The USA (and Canada and Australia)
are not the world.
It is important that the USA recognizes that it will not be able to solve
global warming on its own. The sooner you realise that, drop you
dogmatic opposition to international organizations, and start tackling
the war to save the world, the better. You have not been able to
single handedly win the war against terrorism. Why do you think that
you will do a better job when it comes to global warming?
Cheers, Alastair.
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