Austinist: News Bits

Numero Uno Guest

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:29:28 -0600

I apologize...I misspoke. What I should have said is that they US's emissions are rising at a much smaller rate than the EU's, even with America's population and economic expansion. So why cripple our economy, when the drastic measures implemented by the EU are not working?

Numero Uno Guest

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:26:33 -0600

Numero Uno Guest

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:20:41 -0600

"The week-long U.N. climate-change conference, held in Bali, ended last Friday. A ranking has been released showing which countries have the most proactive greenhouse gas emissions policies in the works. Mexico was ranked fourth. The U.S. came in second to last, beating out only Saudi Arabia." That is, at the very least, misleading. Yeah, the EU is seen as a paragon of virtue in combating GHG and Mexico looks to be trying to aggressively control its GHG emissions. But let us look at results. The EU is not going hit its GHG emission targets. On the other hand, the US's GHG emissions are falling. And, as I understand it, Mexico has horrible air quality. In these days where CO2 is seen as a pollutant (even though water vapor is a much more plentiful GHG), it would seem logical that Mexico would pursue an aggressive emission-control strategy.