America is the greatest producer of CO2. SHould the USA be sued for climate change?

Answer 1

ABSOLUTELY. The only thing we understand here is money. The only pain we feel is when we lose some. Other countries should sue us until we are forced to change our ways.

Answer 2

1: You are assuming that CO2 is somehow 'bad' - This is far from proven. Perhaps the rest of the world should pay us for providing a rich nutrient to the plant world upon which we all exist.

2: Shall we next sue China, which produces immense amounts of a wide variety of pollutants - visible from space - that are now wafting across the Pacific and Asia? THOSE at least are provably damaging.

3: I'm waiting for you to sue the UK for the leak from their Nuclear reactor in the 70's, Russia for Chernyobl, and everyone who has an oil tanker leak...THOSE at least are provably damaging.

4: People are talking about 'International Law' - which is nothing more than a group of treaties nations have agreed upon among themselves. They have exactly the weight that sovereign nations choose to give them - or choose not to give them. Worrying about whether or not we're part of The World Court, the UN, Bob's Justice-O-Rama or whatever is pretty silly.

5: As long as we're cataloging our EVIL, perhaps we should also withdraw the many billions in foreign aid, free medicines, disaster relief and so on that the United States provides. Perhaps we should also withdraw the free protection of our military from the rest of the world as well. Russia or China could blow through Europe in about a week and most any nation with sufficient power (like, say, El Salvador or Romania) could then conquer Canada and Mexico. I'm betting China will have Taiwan within 24 hours and North Korea will finish off the South within 72 hours. But at least we'll be less 'evil'.

So, short answer...No. Only an idiot or someone very uneducated about international diplomacy, law, and relations would suggest it.

Orion

Answer 3

Not really because CO2 is not an inert gas but instead it is easily handled by the environment as well as other chemical processes in the atmosphere, CO2 levels do not really affect climate that much, despite what pop-pseudo-scientists say.

More of a problem is Methane which is inert. Controlling methane is the real problem and most of the excess comes from the exponential growth land fills during the past 50 years, not from automobiles.

Answer 4

Methane is 22 times more potent of a greenhouse gas than CO2. Methane is produced by wetlands, rice paddies, and cattle. Should we "sue" China and Indonesia for its rice paddies? Or maybe we should thank China for burning so much coal, and Indonesia for burning forests that the ash is causing "global dimming". This effect is countering global warming.

We can't sue the USA. But we can try elect people who will do something about emission of greenhouse gases.

Answer 5

First you need to prove climate change. Then you need to prove a correlation between CO2 and climate change. Then you need to prove a correlation between man-made CO2 and climate change. Lastly, you have to prove that the U.S. is the only nation culpable.

Repetition of accusation ad nauseum does not constitute proof, nor do bad extrapolations from insufficient data, scorn, disdain, or name-calling.

Answer 6

Only if the U.S. gets to sue China for its mass infanticides, Mexico for its lack of civilian morale, Canada for unleashing Celine Dion upon the world, the entire Middle East for its oppression of women, and Great Britain for letting themselves lose the Revolutionary War and letting the American evil form in the first place.

There are MORE things bad in this world than America, believe it or not.

Answer 7

Sued by who...all other countries, or just the ones that also havn't contributed? We're already in debt...maybe we should put our heads together and come up with a solution instead of playing the blame game?

Answer 8

YEs and I think we will be when the rest of the world begins to suffer the horrific consequences that we are causing with our CO2 output. It will happen. California is already suing the auto companies for this!

Answer 9

here is an idea, pay us money so we can invest it twards better fuel sources. ohh, and by the way, if anyone caught that episode of future cars , the one on fuel... that was a total load. most of the things they talked about involved something that created more of a problem in the first place, or something that was physicaly impossible to begin with.

Answer 10

How can you sue the entire united states. Why dont you do what you can to prevent CO2 production yourself and inspire others around you to do the same? That could bring on biger change than you think.

Answer 11

In what court? At this time the USA considers itself the world's only super power and above any international laws.