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Old September 14th 17, 10:05 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall[_3_]
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JF Mezei wrote:

On 2017-09-13 09:29, Fred J. McCall wrote:

The US produces a smaller share of world CO2 than it does of world
GDP. Nations like India and China, on the other hand, produce a much
larger share of world CO2 than they do of world GDP.


Consider euqal pay for eaual work. Women makes less than men for same
work, strike deal to ensure their pay rises to match men.


Great. Let's do that.


Same for developping nations. Their CO2 production per GDP or per
population is still much lower than the USA. They want equality. They do
not accept that one country (USA) (or more generally western nations)
should have the right to higher CO2 ratios than they should.


This is false. Their CO2 production per GDP is generally much higher
than the USA. It is only when they make having failed to control
their populations into a virtue that there is a 'problem'. Even when
you adjust for price parity, China produces twice as much CO2 per PPP
$ as the United States. India is equal to the US, but only because
they get such an advantage from the price parity adjustment.


The USA abrogating on its climate leadership means these countries can
also abrogate and raise their levels to whatever they want.


The USA abrogating on its "climate leadership" means that we don't
have to pay out the billions of dollars to the rest of the world that
the agreement mandates. Since the agreement already allows these
countries to raise their levels to whatever they want, they have no
desire to abrogate.


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