Posted on 01/24/2021 10:32:19 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
Yesterday, The United Nations released its Emissions Gap Report 2020, an annual assessment of contributions to greenhouse gas and carbon emissions. The report has some notable information amid an array of complicated projections that may or may not come true. It claims, for instance, that “despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise.”
But for the United States, the real value in this report is as an advisory that it need not join the Paris Climate Accord. This report is evidence that, instead, the U.S. should just keep doing what it is doing to cut its own emissions. The U.S. is the most successful major country at mitigating its own pollution, and the U.N. shows this.
According to the report, “the United States of America emits 13 per cent of global GHG emissions.” Comparatively, “China emits more than one-quarter of global GHG emissions.” The U.S. still contributes the most greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the world, but, over the last decade, the country’s GHG emissions have been in decline (0.4 per cent per year).“ Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the U.S. are dropping precipitously while those of China, India and Russia continue to rise. With the world’s most successful economy (over $21 trillion in 2019), it is not a surprise that the U.S. pollutes more per person, but the U.S. is making great strides in changing this.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
We’ll, it appears Trump and his supporters just couldn’t turn back the declining global warming and climate change numbers. Huge failure on our part :Rolleyes:
This kind of points to the insidious nature of these pacts. The real drive is towards globalism, world governance, potentially world taxes, e.g., carbon exchange and general socialism and redistribution of wealth from America to the rest of the lazy ass world. I think everyone in America wants clean air and water. They also want efficient and cheap energy. It is possible to have both without the globalism crap. Would I go for clean cheap energy? Certainly, but I want it through innovative market capitalism. I am not the least bit concerned about climate change. For God’s sake, give me warmth and another growing season. In the meantime, don’t cover up the true cost of energy with subsidies paid from taxes and regulations that picks winning and losing energy sources.
Nice to know, but the Democrat total war on the economy will continue under one “progressive” pretext or another.
Their foreign friends have been having to do without for four years. Time to make it all up.
“The Paris Climate Accord is a vehicle for globalist to redistribute wealth AND to destroy the sovereign right of Western nations to run their own economies.
It has nothing to do with “saving the planet”.”
Exactly right. Also do not forget the kickbacks.
they are only saying this because they know biden WILL join it-
They want our money- and they know they are in no danger of losing it by us not joining, so now they come out safely with a report that we don’t have to join. Funny how it comes out just days after biden is president- Had Trump known this during the debates- He could have pointed out that Joe still wanted us in the agreement to financially ruin us-
[[but, democratic leaders don’t care,]]
Nope- because they take a huge slice of what they steal from the rich when they redistribute it to the poor- They remain wealthy and powerful while everyone is reduced to living like we’re a third world country- Look at Kim in NK- rich as can be while his people literally starve to death
Why liberals would want to take a hugely successful system of capitalism that ensures anyone can make it as long as they work hard, and perhaps get a few breaks, and turn us into a third world crap hole is unfathomable- It’s hugely UnAmerican!
The left apparently have to destroy everything that is good ,decent, moral ,and highly successful - why people keep voting for this self destruction is beyond me-
When the UNnecessary compliments Trump even in a backhanded
way, it’s a rare day indeed.
Suck rotten eggs Blithen.
“THE COMING ICE AGE!”
Don’t forget acid rain!
If you read geology you find out the earth’s climate has been all over the place i.e. river banks in the Sahara Desert.
From the headline, it’s a shame I won’t read anything from Forbes anymore.
Dr. Robert Forward (deceased) of Hughes Aerospace proposed sunlight levitated structures to hover over the Earth. These Static Satellites (Statites) are not in true orbit about the planet, but as solar sail propulsion devices, have the ability to station keep with the planet’s gravity providing an anchor.
They could provide extra insolation to counter a falling global temperature scenario. An early proposal called for these perpetual stations to hover over the Polar regions.
Also refer to Vladimir Syromyatnikov‘s work with illuminating areas upon the Earth with solar reflective light-sail devices.
It’s not we who need them. THE REST OF THE WORLD WANTS OUR WEALTH!
Atlas Shrugged coming to your neighborhood one well meaning politician or liberal at a time.....
WWG1WGA!
The Paris Climate Accord isn’t about emissions it’s about bankrupting the US.
The Corporations are basically doing it. The Left took them over.
China can do whatever it wants, so it just means it’s more feasible to move manufacturing there.
You think China cares what the UN thinks?
Most of it...............
Another bidek miracle.. he reduced hospitalizations and saved the warming world all on day one.
TREES
I don't think so, anyone caught cutting down a tree would be subject to fines and flogging.
It's a good thing I have been stock piling old tires for years.
It’s not about cutting carbon, it’s about making liberals feel good about themselves and making their Tesla stock look like Amazon stock.
In 2018 green house total gas emissions by country
USA 5.41 GT
India 2.65 GT
per capita
USA 19.9
India 2.3
India to get DOWN to our level?!??
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