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Tom Brosz — 12/5/2005 8:39:37 PM (archived)

"per capita emissions" shouldn't be tossed out lightly when talking about China. The population of Monaco could be driving coal-burning cars and it wouldn't make much of an overall dent on the planet.

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I had assumed some people on this board were against Kyoto Protocols, but they are convinced Global Warming is real - SDF - 11/30/2005 12:54:06 PM
- Here's some really goo news on glabal warming for you, SDF: Iran is developing nuclear power gnerators to reduce its CO2 emissions (n/t) - E.P., the heretic - 12/2/2005 5:22:29 PM
- politics - alcaray - 11/30/2005 6:18:46 PM
  - sad politics - JimO - 12/2/2005 2:38:10 PM
    - Look below in this thread, for an example of what I referred to (n/t) - alcaray - 12/2/2005 5:05:25 PM
- I'm completely opposed to Kyoto - Scott Evil - 11/30/2005 5:31:43 PM
- Easy - Larry J - 11/30/2005 2:45:00 PM
  - some corrections - pwokenyaw - 11/30/2005 9:47:51 PM
    - One problem - Sam F. - 12/1/2005 5:40:58 PM
      - dunno where the 1/10th comes from, maybe Poke can tell us... - alcaray - 12/1/2005 6:11:25 PM
        
        1/10th refers to per-capita emissions - pwokenyaw - 12/2/2005 10:57:07 PM
        
        re: 1/10th refers to per-capita emissions - Larry J - 12/5/2005 10:02:26 PM
        
        I said, "one-tenth or smaller than that of the US" - pwokenyaw - 12/6/2005 12:35:55 AM
        
        data point: "China in 2000 accounted for almost 15 percent of emissions, but its per capita emissions were less than one-sixth that of the United States." - pwokenyaw - 12/9/2005 12:42:43 AM
        
        If you're talking about climate influence... - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 8:39:37 PM
        
        Sorry, yes, you stated 1/10th per capita CO2 emissions quite clearly (n/t) - Sam F. - 12/5/2005 9:50:58 AM
- re: I had assumed some people on this board were against Kyoto Protocols, but they are convinced Global Warming is real - phil - 11/30/2005 1:03:24 PM
  - re: I had assumed some people on this board were against Kyoto Protocols, but they are convinced Global Warming is real - Doug Ellison - 12/5/2005 11:18:29 PM
  - Should greenhouse gas emissions be controlled by a different method? Or not at all? (n/t) - SDF - 11/30/2005 1:37:03 PM
    - re: Should greenhouse gas emissions be controlled by a different method? Or not at all? - phil - 11/30/2005 5:22:46 PM
      - Kennedy doesn't even like windmills. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/1/2005 4:23:05 AM
        
        I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - Scott Evil - 12/2/2005 1:47:11 AM
        
        re: I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2005 2:00:56 AM
        
        re: I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - pwokenyaw - 12/2/2005 11:07:25 PM
        
        re: I don't care for them myself. They look about as appealing as powerlines. - Doug Ellison - 12/5/2005 6:27:57 PM
        
        Driving out past Palm Springs... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/5/2005 7:41:22 PM
        
        Part of the way it works. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2005 8:44:01 PM
        
        just not off Cape Cod, but I agree that position is problematic (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 12/1/2005 6:09:40 AM
        
        NIMBY - Tom Brosz - 12/1/2005 5:07:36 PM

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