Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reaches Record Levels, Scientists Say

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While I agree that we should be trying to cut greenhouse gasses/transferring to solar,wind,nuclear,geothermal,etc/using electric powered transportation, these people are not helping!


(and this should be the International forum)

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We don't have a military board either, that says all one needs to know about the importance of the military in US politics.

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Clearly a smiley isn't enough to let some people know a joke just happened.  It was a gentle ribbing.  Calm down.

Now for the standard "jokes are supposed to be funny" retort people that don't understand jokes always say


(again, that's not supposed to be taken personally or seriously)

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Disturbing stuff. We are at the point where we need to actually need to reclaim atmospheric carbon (but in a less moronic way that iron fertilisation).

US emissions are at a low, and dropping, it's the developing nations that are reaching record highs.

A broad trend, but not always true - they went up 2.9% last year as the article states.

Even if developing countries are producing more fossil fuels, that still shouldn't be used as an excuse for not doing anything about the problem (which a disturbing amount of people I speak to seem to believe).

We could maybe make them adapt greener technologies by making it a condition of trade?

I doubt most (if not all) of them would consider a trade agreement with the US worth the costs of abandoning fossil fuels.

abandoning? no, but changing in a good way?  Hells yeah we could.  Especially if Europe, the important S.America countries, Japan and the Commonwealth are all on board.