Posted on 03/23/2007 8:37:20 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Ping!
We haven't been the main polluter for a LONG time.
I suspect that they surpassed the United States a few years ago.
Soon China would find no equals when it comes to pollution. It must be growing faster than their economy.
And the more affluent they become, the greater the emissions. Of course, they are not covered by Kyoto, which gives them a pass along with India, i.e., they represent one-third of the people on the planet. Does anyone really believe that China would hobble its roaring economy by agreeing to these environmental controls?
The Euros will still bash the US and not China. It's in their genes to hate us.
I think we can forget the minus.
According to the UN, the USA is not even in the Top 10 of polluters.
I'm sure Al Gore is deeply saddened.
They are building a coal fired electrical generation plants one a week. And their pollution is not only related to manufacturing and infrastructure improvements. It relates to growing wealth and affluence.
"While in Beijing there are still 2.4 million people who ride their bicycles to work every day, nearly 1,000 new cars hit the streets daily. China's roads are expected to be clogged with 170 million vehicles by 2020 says the World Bank -- by which time the country would have surpassed the United States in total car ownership.
"No one is doubting that more and more Chinese people are going to reach that threshold of affordability -- to buy their own car," said John Humphrey, manager of China operation for the U.S.-based car industry consultants J.D.Power Asia Pacific. "The pace of change we have seen in China's auto market is astounding but demand is still growing."
Seven million cars are sold in China each year. That means China this year left Japan behind to become the second-largest car market in the world after the U.S., where more than 16 million cars are sold annually.
And with this growing vehicle population so will there be an increase in pollution and a growing demand for oil. The US and China are destined to be the world's major competititors for oil and energy. Forget this global warming crap and Gore's assurances that China will cooperate with us on the environment.
Emissions from cars in the U.S. alone now account for about five percent of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. If China matched the U.S. in per capita ownership, the country's vehicles would make a huge contribution to global carbon dioxide output, dwarfing any cuts in the emissions that the rest of the world can make.
They allready *did* quite some time ago.
in no way, is the US top per capita
emitter of co2.
total lie
To many chicoms farting.
Can we encourage the Goracle to take up permanent residence there to assist them in correcting this problem?
Let's hope their cars have better emission standards than their factories do!
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