More Thoughts On Copenhagen

Very inside the Beltway analysis but interesting. Read it here.

Don't Start Laughing -- What Agreement?

Well, I guess you could say the negotiations in Copenhagen ended with an agreement to agree?

Whatever.

It's About Economic Growth!

Gasp! The Climate Change talks stalled today when the so-called developing nations under the Kyoto Treaty walked out.

But the actions of the G-77 (the 77 developing nations) were controlled by India and China, who do not want to be regulated as if they are developed nations. They want to be able to spew out more CO2 until they feel they are totally dominating the world's economic engine.

Way to get them back to the table? Stop buying stuff from China.

Talk But Where Is The Action in Copenhagen?

China and India, emitting more green house gases than the US and the European Union, are trying to "talk the talk" in Copenhagen. But, ironically, both nations are on a consumption binge, emulating what the US has been doing for the past several decades.

It's going to be a little hard to curb green house gases if you're driving millions of Humvees or Cadillac Escalades. And, to the surprise of no one, China has essentially surpassed the United States as the world power, because of it's boundless economic growth. The box that China and to some degree India is in, is that to scale back this growth will be politically unsettling.

The question is, then, are the promises of reductions in emissions just talk?

Global Climate Change Talks

This is what the Global Climate Change talks in Copenhagen look like!