Is Tony Blair ignoring our vital national interests?

[basa]

Originally Posted by duncant403

The Chinese governemt has a policy that every person in China must plant 10 trees - every year. That's a lot a trees, and should more than compensate for the amount they burn.

And the US has significant legislation to ensure continuity of timber growing.

The areas where IMO US lacks is water usage and greenhouse gas pollutants (mainly fuel oil burning) only the latter really making significant contribution to any global warming.

Deforestation of the Brazilian Rain Forest is the one I fear the most as damaging to global environment.

[Jerrek]

I think the planet is warming up, and the US have to do their fair share. Jerreck you can go blaming other countries but whilst the US refuses to do anything they are just as bad as china etc.
Oh, we are doign our part. We just don't want to send billions of our dollars to third world dictators and ruin our economy by useless taxes. We're not as fond of taxes as you guys are.

Originally Posted by downquark1

So you suggest we revert back to a pre-fire civilisation while America continues to destroy the gulf currents anyway.

Has anyone else noticed how this is an unusally warm autum or the lack of rain? It begins

Sheeeeesh, isn't one yankee-bashing thread enough for you guys? Change the record for a second eh!

It is stupid, irresponsible reductionism to lay 'global warming' at America's door due to its refusal to support the Kyoto protocol. Whatever the rights and wrongs of that decision, there are far more villains in the world who have cunningly avoided the spotlight.

But then, it's not fashionable to be anti-Brazilian or anti-China at the moment.

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

I think the planet is warming up, and the US have to do their fair share. Jerreck you can go blaming other countries but whilst the US refuses to do anything they are just as bad as china etc.
Oh, we are doign our part. We just don't want to send billions of our dollars to third world dictators and ruin our economy by useless taxes. We're not as fond of taxes as you guys are.

That's not the point you are evading the question with another, we do this so it should cancel out argument.

But then, it's not fashionable to be anti-Brazilian or anti-China at the moment.

Some fashions follow reason you know. Some people think it's a good idea - others just go along with the fashion. As I have proven in other threads my opinions are based on my own obsavations

Although I do admit that I mildy mis-interpreted what he was saying

[Theodoric]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

Global warming is a myth. Our winter last year was record cold, and our summer was quite a bit cooler than the one in 1999, 2000, and 2001. Hell, Alberta had snow in June!

That the earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades is not a myth, it's based on facts; hence arguments based on the weather over a few years in Alberta, or any other local area, for that matter, are irrelevant. What is arguable is that it is a continuing process caused by the activities of humankind.