Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

I am not surprised the climate meeting in Copenhagen failed to come up with a comprehensive agreement. The deal that Obama brokered with China is just a way to save face for all the powers. Of course there was no way that they were going to get a binding agreement that activists like Al Gore will accept. If we can't even pass a water down energy bill in our Congress, why would anyone think that the countries of the world, all with different ideas and needs, will come to a consensus? The U.S. wants China and India to cut down their emissions as they develop. India, China and others do not want a tough limit their energy use as they try to catch up with the west.

My feeling is that basically the developing nations have a better argument. To tell them that they have to cut back after we have increased our standard of living with our factories, automobiles and high energy use is hypocritical. Of course if India and China ever use as much energy per capita as we do now, we might as well say good-bye to earth. So we need to do better ourselves and at the same time convince the developing nations that to improve emission is to their own best interest.

I think despite the fact the Copenhagen agreement is not very good, it is a step in the right direction. I think China, for example, understands that if pollution is not controlled, their economic growth will come to a halt. There will be a high cost to the health of its population as well. I am causiously optimistic that there will be cooperation between the U.S., China and India in green energy in the future. Our survival on this planet depends on it.