
BEIJING � China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, lauded Sunday the outcome of a historic U.N. climate conference that ended with a nonbinding agreement that urges major polluters to make deeper emissions cuts -- but does not require it.
Typical. Tell the western media what they want to hear then keep on doing whatever you were doing.
That's funny, because that's exactly what Canada and most of the West did with Kyoto.
They all said they'd cut emissions and instead just grew them at a slightly slower pace than they would have without Kyoto.
It was a complete success, nothing will be done about a problem that doesn't exist.
Or nothing is being done about a problem that does exist.
If you don't, or if you expect global, anthropogenic CO2 levels too fall Copenhagen remains farcical.
Typical. Tell the western media what they want to hear then keep on doing whatever you were doing.
That's funny, because that's exactly what Canada and most of the West did with Kyoto.
They all said they'd cut emissions and instead just grew them at a slightly slower pace than they would have without Kyoto.
Ironically, the US actually did reduce emissions after Kyoto and we didn't sign it.
It was a complete success, nothing will be done about a problem that doesn't exist.
Or nothing is being done about a problem that does exist.
In which case all of the private jets and limousines used at the conference just made things .
It was a complete success, nothing will be done about a problem that doesn't exist.
The same thing was said about cigarette smoke, DDT, PCBs, acid rain and lots of other problems that corporate lobbyists got swept under the rug for decades.