"North is just using up the natural resources of the world for its own gain and its own benefit"
First, "global warming" is an unproven theory, against which a lot of scientific evidence is beginning to accumulate.
Second, the US has led the world in the development and application of anti-pollution devices and technologies. Think I read somewhere that, on our own, we're doing more to curb pollution and the creation of greenhouse gasses than most of the signatories to Kyoto.
Third, there has never been a net movement of wealth from the developing world to the West. Even in colonial times, the imperial powers put way more investment into their colonies than was ever extracted from those colonies. And today, with foreign aid, debt forgiveness, low-priced pharmaceuticals and free technology transfers, net gains by the developing world continue (and continue to be squandered by corrupt and incompetent governments).
I don't know why I even posted this. The kind of assinine comments coming from the envirowhackos doesn't even rate a response.
The truth always makes us feel better.
"Second, the US has led the world in the development and application of anti-pollution devices and technologies. Think I read somewhere that, on our own, we're doing more to curb pollution and the creation of greenhouse gasses than most of the signatories to Kyoto."
BINGO! We have spent untold billions on cleaning up emissions in vehicles and industries. What these developing countries would save on not having to reinvent the wheel, or how much pollution they would save using vehicles produced with American know how, would more than offset any "balance" that the watermelons insist we owe them.
Let's give it to them free, on condition they take the Sierra Club, the Greens, ELF etc. as the price. Let these limousine losers do their thing in places where pollution is a real and visible problem, i.e. China or Africa.
Send us a postcard.
I'm finding this one a little hard to swallow.