Mike, I would not take issue on pollution per facility, but pollution per nation. US is very much larger polluter per capita than both China and India together. US is also larger polluter in absolute terms,so it is not surprising that US did not sign Kyoto. Even Bush said that it would be too expensive to meet the Kyoto targets, which means that US is way above them, otherwise it would not be that costly. Looking at GDP levels, if anyone could afford a clean up, it is US.
I also think that the US glass house is damaged beyond repair, with all the stone throwing that it suffered. As usual, it is more about image, than practical realities. Hakan At 13:56 31/05/2006, you wrote: >I didn't say that. Nor would I. I said the US has a dynamic economy. >Our infrastructure is beginning to fall apart; the highway system is >crumbling; the electrical grid is shaky; we have no energy policy...the >list goes on. But it it better than the systems in most of the world, >except Western Europe. >There is a functioning legal system, something I think you'd be >hard-pressed to claim about China and to some degree India. >Our corruption is better managed and on a grander scale - Halliburton. >But you don't have to pay a bribe to get driver's license or cross a >bridge or open a business. Would you rather own stock in Exxon or >Cnooc? Well, figuratively, I wouldn't own oil stocks personally, but >one has reasonably open books, and putatively complies with >Sarbanes-Oxley, and one can be manipulated at the will of the government. >Despite the best efforts of the current administration, our pollution >levels are nothing like that of China or India, and the days of major >ecological disasters like the Three Gorges Dam are passed. >Transparency has suffered mightily under Bush, but Transparency >International still rates the US well above China and India. > >Hakan Falk wrote: > > >Mike, > > > >At 04:16 31/05/2006, you wrote: > > > > > >><snip > >>Also, say what you want about the US but it is still by far the most > >>dynamic economy in the world. China and India still have significant > >>infrastructure, corruption, pollution and transparency issues to overcome. > >><snip> > >> > >> > > > >And US have none of those problems? LOL > > > >Hakan _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
