What price global warming?

Question

If carbon dioxide emissions are causing dangerous climatic changes are counties justified in not cutting them simply for economic reasons?

What's the point in being a rich country if you're under several metres of water from melted ice caps?

Answer 1

That's the point, the richer countries don't want to give up their standard of life, for example, only now the U.S.A. has agreed to sign the agreement to reduce their Carbon emissions. But the less developed countries, see what the more developed countries have and say why should they have to live as third world countries when we can have the lifestyles of the Americans. So they ignore their Carbon emissions. Such as China. And so the emission problem escalates. People in those countries, especially politicians are too short sighted to see or care about the global effects so long as they see the benefits of their productivity. Global warming will happen and our children will suffer the consequences.

Answer 2

Easy to cut carbon emissions. In the UK make petrol and diesel £2 a litre - sack everyone at the DVLA and scrap car tax, scrap income tax and sack those paper pushers at the Inland revenue. Scrap the TV licence and sack all those paper pushers - and the detector van people. Then we would have loads of people on the dole and they could work down B&Q for a fiver an hour! Put a few quid on avaiation fuel too and end poverty. One holiday every 5 years is enough for anyone. But it never happens to the likes of Teflon Tone or Greedy Gordon - so they do nothing or too little too late.

Answer 3

I agree. So I'm going to buy a spot on Everest before it's all taken!

Answer 4

Heh
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