 Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the United States has produced 1,150 billion tons of carbon from fossil fuels, compared to China's 310 billion tons.
William Chandler is a leading expert on energy and climate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Here is a summary of William Chandler's report:The United States and China seemingly remain locked in a climate suicide pact, each arguing the other is the reason for inaction. U.S.-China climate cooperation is urgently needed to avert climate disaster. The current situation of the energy sectors in the United States and China offers a solution. China and the United States can set and cooperate to achieve national goals and implement enforceable measures. If this U.S.– China policy experiment works, China and the United States could develop packages of policies and measures, test them for efficacy, correct them, and share them with other countries. One of the more interesting points in this report is in regards to how much funding is actually being put out for cleaner energy. "Official funding for clean energy cooperation between the countries amounts to only about $1 million a year. The private U.S. Energy Foundation provides twenty times more, but even this level of funding is far below the need." Of course we don't need to guess where our countries money is going, because everyone knows billions of dollars are being spent on the senseless war in Iraq. But, again, who am I to say anything...?
SOURCE - includes link to full reportLabels: china, climate change, us, william chandler |
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