Europe is leading. Will the U.S. follow?
European Union leaders agreed a full package of binding measures on Friday
to build a common energy policy and fight climate change, challenging the world
to follow suit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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The deal set targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, developing
renewable energy sources, promoting energy efficiency and using biofuels.
Probably not as long as Bush is in office. As long as Lee Raymond and other petroleum company CEOs funnel significant amounts of money to faux respectable think tanks like AEI and Cato, and the media continues to not put two and two together, we will never get out of this.
The U.S. will take its stance of "Europe's plan sucks! It doesn't do jack!" but will not offer any credible alternative that is different from the status quo. Maybe we can do with some more emissions / GDP ratio. That sounds like an uber-successful idea for curbing emissions. While we are at it, we should chop down some more forests so emissions will not have any place to hide and we can destroy them with some nukes. Sweet.
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