Not surprising, of course, considering that it’s coming from Paul Krugman:
In other words, we should start a trade war with China (and India, Brazil, and the entire rest of the developing world) to force their compliance with an economically destructive program of global emissions mitigation. Excellent.
It’s almost like they want to ruin the world economy.
efficiency is a big part of reducing carbon emissions.
War, however, is not.
“It’s almost like they want to ruin the world economy.”
Strike “almost” and you’ve got it right. >:-(
The Other G-8 members are reducing carbon intensity because their improving efficiency. It’s not a trade war of us against them, it’s rather a race where they are leaving us in the dust.
“The Other G-8 members are reducing carbon intensity because their improving efficiency.”
Stats to back this up, please.
Last I heard, France, Britain and Germany were wondering how their per capita emissions were climbing faster than ours even after they signed Kyoto and we didn’t.