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Re: McCain Calls for Action on Global Warming
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Originally Posted by Andrewl
- Because the definition of energy consumption by the IPCC excludes international bunker fuels from the statistics of all countries, emissions from international bunker fuels are subtracted from the U.S. total. Similarly, because the IPCC excludes emissions from military bunker fuels from national totals, they are subtracted from the U.S. total.
EIA - Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the U.S. 2006-Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Of course not. I'm way out of the mainstream on that. But to clarify, i don't necessarily view it as the answer to the problem - its more of a case that if we don't answer the problem, the end of civilization will be the inevitable result (even ignoring climate change and ecosystem destruction, we still need an answer for the fact that our energy economy is not sustainable).
I don't think we will be emitting much of anything when/if the global economy collapses.
Andrew
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Thanks for the link.
From the Department of State:
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.... According to data from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, from 2000-2004--the most recent period for which we have good, comparative data--U.S. greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.3 percent. This is an increase, but a very modest increase. The EU-25, on the other hand, increased collective emissions by 2.1 percent....
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Now, I look at your claim that we don't count military emissions and your data supporting it (thanks again). Not only did the military actually cut emmissions, when we add them in over that same time period, they will only make our decrease in positive rate of increase even better than others.
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