I agree.

The US (and canada, much of Eurpe, etc) are responmsible for the majority of the pollution that is the central cause of climate change. Hence, tehy should take the lead in helping to combat the issue. Asking developing nations to step up to this degree is absurd. How are they supposed to bring themselves into the 1st world if they have to pay soo much more to bring thier economies up to scale? The US already has ample power generation and manufacturing to meet its needs, China, india and others ont he toerhhand still need to grow substatially in order to com eeven close to par with us.

So maybe we shouldbe helping to foot thier bill, knowing that by doing so we are helping the world overall.

We should also take the lead and lead by example. The money we put into research in development is a great way to make it cheaper and more affordable for devloping nations.

The China that became the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide this year - that China? Takes great big brass ones to be the biggest pig in the yard and still point fingers at others about their messiness.

Unless the biggest pig int eyard per capita is someone else.. remember the US has about 1/10th the population of China.

So your comment really isn't relevant. Big Polluter or not, China is small potatoes when you bring population into the mix...

As of July, 2007 the US population was 301,139,947, china's population was 1,321,851,888… That means the US's population is about 23% the size of china's yet the US's output of pollution is about equal in total.

However that also means that the average Chinese citizen emits 1/5th -1/6th the amount of pollution the average American.

Comparing the two countries on the same scale is ridiculous.. If that were the case, then Canada should get off the hook, as we emit about 1/10th the amount of pollution as the US or China. So I guess that means we don't have to do shit, right?

The harper goverment would really like your way of thinking, it would save them a lot of money.