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SensEye
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Bad news Beau, China and India don't care how much your taxes go up.
US emissions have been on the decline since 2007 when they peaked at 6.08 trillion tonnes, down to 5.03 billion as of 2022. China has gone from 5.88 trillion tonnes to 11.4 billion in 2022. One might argue the US needs to do more, but that won't help much if China keeps doing diddly.
Now folks will go on about per capita emissions and also ramble on about how the west did the polluting in the past (and they want the west to massively subsidize other countries green efforts). Think what that would do to taxes/the deficit. And that line of reasoning is 100% politics.
PS> I like how the doomsayers love the 25 year window (hence 2049), Back in 2000 the end of the world was expected to come due in 2025. They were wrong then, and they will likely be wrong 25 years hence. It's a long window though, so people forget to back test their flawed predictions. Global warming is indeed an issue, but this kind of dubious crystal ball gazing does no good. Put together a plan for how to get global consensus with all countries obligated to do their share, and I might listen.
US emissions have been on the decline since 2007 when they peaked at 6.08 trillion tonnes, down to 5.03 billion as of 2022. China has gone from 5.88 trillion tonnes to 11.4 billion in 2022. One might argue the US needs to do more, but that won't help much if China keeps doing diddly.
Now folks will go on about per capita emissions and also ramble on about how the west did the polluting in the past (and they want the west to massively subsidize other countries green efforts). Think what that would do to taxes/the deficit. And that line of reasoning is 100% politics.
PS> I like how the doomsayers love the 25 year window (hence 2049), Back in 2000 the end of the world was expected to come due in 2025. They were wrong then, and they will likely be wrong 25 years hence. It's a long window though, so people forget to back test their flawed predictions. Global warming is indeed an issue, but this kind of dubious crystal ball gazing does no good. Put together a plan for how to get global consensus with all countries obligated to do their share, and I might listen.
