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Comments on: Some Quick Hits On A Busy Day https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/12/12/some-quick-hits-on-a-busy-day/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:46:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/12/12/some-quick-hits-on-a-busy-day/comment-page-1/#comment-58607 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:46:35 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=23913#comment-58607 The reasons for the pull-out were just pathetic. It’s not like Canada isn’t being affected by the problems of the global changes, including a huge jump in wildfires and melting permafrost.

The Conservatives are owned by the energy companies. They hide it better than the US pols, but the influence is there.

]]> By: Steve Bates https://whynow.dumka.us/2011/12/12/some-quick-hits-on-a-busy-day/comment-page-1/#comment-58603 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:37:15 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=23913#comment-58603 Tree-huggers aside (and probably the fundies don’t approve of tree-hugging anyway), the Kyoto Protocol is already rendered useless (other than as a starting point for discussions) as long as the U.S. continues to refuse to ratify it. Canada, another big emitter, certainly doesn’t help matters by leaving the Protocol.

And from where I sit, U.S. ratification seems unlikely. The U.S. is the 2nd biggest GHG emitter in absolute terms as a fraction of worldwide total emissions (China is on top) and the biggest per capita emitter (at 24.1 tons per capita, slightly surpassing Canada’s 23.2 tons per head and vastly surpassing every other nation). See Wikipedia for the particulars.

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