Bush invites nations to climate change summit

ap on San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 8/3/07 | Deb Riechmann - ap

[RightWhale]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1875973/posts

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks! I’ll leave this one up, it’s a non-excerpt.

[Paperdoll]

Bush has gone around the bend!

[Ingtar]

The United States, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases...

No longer true. And if we are talking net instead of gross, it has not been true for a good while.

[tx_eggman]

Where are we going ... and what’s this hand basket we’re riding in?

[Cobra64]

Bush has gone around the bend!

He did that a few years ago when he signed those two huge entitlement, socialist spending bills.

The man has completely lost his marbles.

[coconutt2000]

To be fair to the President, he’s trying to engage the nations of the world in a reality based discussion on climate change and good, healthy economic policies.

[Alter Kaker]

No longer true. And if we are talking net instead of gross, it has not been true for a good while.

Oh no? Source?

[Ingtar]

http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/7465857.html

[Ingtar]

I should add a modicum of explanation. Basically, this study shows that the USA is already at or below the carbon emissions from 1990 if you take into account reductions in carbon from various causes.

[what's up]

Bush wants to bring India, China and other fast-growing countries to the negotiating table so they are part of the solution, not the problem.

Cool. The President is taking it out of the hands of the Euro-weenies.

Think China and India are going to support enforced emissions cutbacks? Think again.

[Alter Kaker]

You know that's an interesting article, and I read it twice, but I don't see in it anything to suggest that the US is not the largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

That's the claim you made in #5 that I found notable, because it contradicts everything else I've read. Have a source?

[Elsiejay]

I am hopeful that Pres. Bush’s conference is being planned, structured, and timed as a means of pre-emptively moderating some of the Goregasmic anthropogenic climate change hysteria that is likely to be featured at the UN conference, as well as insuring that other major industrial nations (e.g., China, India, et al) will not be overlooked in any dialogues and deliberations that may ensue.

[Alter Kaker]

Basically, this study shows that the USA is already at or below the carbon emissions from 1990 if you take into account reductions in carbon from various causes.

That's not what it says. It claims that per capita CO2 emissions are essentially flat since 1990, but the US population has increased by nearly 25% in the intervening 17 years, meaning net CO2 emissions have substantially increased.

[Ingtar]

I was quoting some things I had seen on here before in #5. I thought this article was a supporting one (working on memory.) If I find a better source, I’ll send it to you. But it will be later... I’m heading out the door shortly.

[Kellis91789]

Here’s the deal: The US will agree to the exact same percentage reduction as India and China. We’ll reduce the tons of US GHG emissions to 10% below 1990 levels if China and India do the same.

ANWIH India and China would agree to that, so why should we ?

Case closed, summit a success.

[Paperdoll]

To be fair to the President, he should be put away.

[antisocial]

“To be fair to the President, he should be put away.”

I heartily agree!

[LibLieSlayer]

“but the US population has increased by nearly 25% in the intervening 17 years, meaning net CO2 emissions have substantially increased.”

Another excellent reason to deport ALL illegals... especially those posing as legal residents.

LLS