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You can't tell Chinese people that being born in China means being allowed just 20 percent or 25 percent of the CO2 emissions allowed somebody born in Europe.

China's CO2 emissions are (according to nationmaster), 2.66 tonnes per person per year. France's are 5.99, and the US' a whopping 19.48

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 05:58:57 PM EST
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In 2007, China's per capita emissions were already more than  5 tons

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 06:38:22 PM EST
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Bloomberg

The U.S. released 20.9 tons of emissions from oil, natural gas per person in 2008, compared with 5.2 tons in China, which has about 1.3 billion people, the BP data show.



In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 06:54:46 PM EST
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Something which is easily deduced from China having four times as many people as the US, larger emissions than the US, and the US having per capita emissions 3-5 times of that of France (or Sweden). I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese per capita emissions have risen above those of France or Sweden.

It's hard to find stronger evidence that the Chinese, no matter what they're saying, doesn't give a rats ass about CO2.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Jun 19th, 2009 at 05:31:02 AM EST
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they're in a terrible bind. they've sold their own public on 'growth-at-any-cost', and now billions of people have had their expectations artificially raised.

interesting reflection on obama, who has done the same thing with respect to lefty desires for more human rights, social fairness.

both have reality's headlights bearing down on them.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Jun 19th, 2009 at 07:11:07 AM EST
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