That would be rather stupid all around. I want the Chinese to not fully opt into Kyoto (and follow up accords). Yes, it will suck for air pollution in SE Asia and possibly effect the West coast of the US and other areas in the short run. But man, we would so luck out if China tied itself to a rapidly dwindling non-renewable resource like oil. If we can drastically alter the energy economy in our country and migrate it to using substantially renewable resources then we've gained an immensely important strategic advantage.
The world has already been waging wars over oil. Its not going to get better when there is less of it. There are some resources that will probably be a point of conflict no matter what, like water. But if we can shift away from security arrangements based on fossil fuels then we have an amazing bit of leverage. We'll be sitting on top of some not insignificant reserves of a commodity that our competitors (like China and India) want while not actually needing it ourself. That's a sweet position to be in and one of the best reasons to establish an Apollo-like program to change the energy economy in the US. Judah On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > It isn't a question of who will go first. The Chinese government has stated > very clearly that they have no intention of "going green". They want us to > spend our money on climate change while they continue to pollute. Look at > the negotiations on climate change pacts. The real conversation, the only > one that matters, is what will be required of developing nations, because > that group include China and India. > > When China changes its stance and agrees to get on board, let me know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283288 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
