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Re: McCain Calls for Action on Global Warming
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Originally Posted by TSGracchus
.... I explained why they were dishonest, and why they do not indicate that the U.S. is doing a better job. Do you have an answer to that argument?...
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This is your explanation why they are dishonest numbers?
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.... It is simply inconceivable that the U.S. be doing better in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, either as a total or as a function of size of economy, than, say, France, when the U.S. has very poor public transportation and most people drive everywhere they go, and we get a lot of our electricity from coal plants, while France has excellent public transportation and people tend to drive less, and most of their electricity comes from nuclear (which for all its faults doesn't contribute to global warming at all). But it is conceivable that we're doing better in terms of "rate of increase" -- and that is yet another illustration of why this measure is deceptive....
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It may be inconceivable to you, but until you show me something to support your disbelief, I have nothing to go on. (BTW, the numbers were indexed with economy size, as well.)
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.... A serious response to global warming need not hurt the economy, but it certainly will hurt the profits of the fossil-fuel industry. Thus, a politician serving the interests of that industry must delay that response as long as possible. Stating that there was not enough scientific evidence to justify such action, as Bush did in 2002, is one way to do that. When it is no longer possible to make that claim, the song and dance performed in 2007 provides another way.
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Yes, the gains in energy innovation industry in the US have been impressive. Those gains were helped, in part, by the policy incentives.
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