I am not one to say the US government is a shadow organization, driving policies through non-public decisions, but the recent global downturn had me thinking after reading this article back from March 2008.
The Miller-McCune site states the following regarding which country is now the largest polluter:
"Much of the increase is driven by China. What is sometimes called “the Chinese miracle” may also prove to be a stupendous climatological hex. The country has been powering its record-setting economic growth with a slew of new coal-fired power plants: It builds a new one every seven to 10 days. Last year, China overtook the United States as the planet’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide."
Here is my theory: Scientists working for the US government have come to the conclusion that global warming is going to be really, really, really bad for the US. Examples would include flooding in the plains, washing away of topsoil, lack of snow pack(farms in the West fail without water), complete areas of the southwest are abandoned due to lack of water. They finallyconvince President Bush (or Dick Cheney) that this will crush the US economy and with the backing of the Saudis they decide to stop the Chinese economic growth via a financial meltdown in the US. This results in the US consumer drastically cutting back purchases of cheap Chinese products and idles all these coal-fired power plants. Voila! Greater decreases in global output of carbon dioxide than the Kyoto Protocol ever had a chance ofaccomplishing.
Thank you President Bush, you just bought us 10 more years of food and water.
Then again, perhaps, the Sun may drive our global climate.
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