[Mind-numbed Robot]

China's Huaneng Power International leads all of the world's power companies, releasing nearly 292 million tons of CO2 annually. That's far more than Southern Co. and American Electric Power, the two biggest U.S. carbon emitters that each account for about 170 million tons a year, ranking sixth and seventh in the world.

Yet, the U.S. is the main target of the Kyoto Accord and China is exempted from it. That leaves little doubt about the purpose of the global warming hoax and the efforts of the environmentalists.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Again - it's not how much is emitted as a point source, it's how much is emitted as a point source in relation to the end uses to which the power generated is put. Energy is an intermediate good, it's not purchased because it is energy per se, but rather because it allows us to do something - manufacture cars, light hospital rooms, cook food, etc. etc. etc. Focusing on the pure output per source per year is like looking at CO₂ emissions by continent - or energy consumption per capita by nation - without looking at the benefits derived from those uses. The United states has been reducing the energy input per $ of GDP for some time now, and I suspect that our CO₂ per $ of GDP has been stable or declining as well. Considering the benefits of our energy uses (e.g., AIDS drugs for Africa, ) which would not occur if you allocated the same energy inputs to Africa itself - I don't think this data tells you much.