You can say 'no it doesn't', but it would help if you then provided arguments.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 05/06/2017 10:43:36 AM
View original postChina and India's commitment is tied to GDP. As the Wall Street Journal noted, "China won’t even begin reducing emissions until 2030 and in the next five years it will use more coal."
Yes, and? I said that they hurt everybody's economy, not that everybody immediately starts reducing emissions. The US and other Western countries are in a very different position from China, it would be ridiculous to expect them to have the same reduction targets. I refer you back to what I was writing in my previous post about how obvious it is that the Chinese are definitely 'hurting their economy' as well with their approach to emission reduction.
View original postNot only that, but the article goes on to note that some countries simply sidestep their obligations, but we can't due to our legal culture:
I read that, yes. It's not sidestepping when the treaty itself says that the goals are non-binding.
View original postNot only that, but many countries in the "developing world" receive subsidies and credits under the Paris Treaty. So no, it doesn't hurt everyone's economy. A combination of the way the treaty is written and the way our country works ensures that signing it would hurt us, and disproportionately so.
Have you seen serious calculations comparing the estimated impact on every country of its Paris treaty targets? I'd be interested to see them. Frankly I don't know if the American targets are indeed disproportionate compared to those of other countries, they might be. I do know that such a comparison would be rather more complex than the points you've raised so far, though.
I fo' sho' didn't vote for him, but...
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Hard to say how big an impact this will have, either way.
01/06/2017 11:45:38 PM
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CO emissions in the US dropped 15% from 2000 to 2014.....
02/06/2017 01:59:16 AM
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I would imagine that has to do with the decline in the American industrial sector
02/06/2017 05:18:53 AM
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Obama's red line turned America into a laughing stock
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"big disappointment" and "laughing stock" are very different things. *NM*
02/06/2017 01:02:23 PM
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Depends on your point of view
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sorry got a line off and didn't re;laize you had changed subjects *NM*
02/06/2017 06:48:01 PM
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Who cares if Europe is pissed.
02/06/2017 02:52:39 PM
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That's a little silly. It's not just about several random Europeans.
02/06/2017 04:19:18 PM
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Blame Obama for that
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What is the difference between a Nation and a Country? *NM*
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I guess you believed them when they told you there was no such thing as a dumb question *NM*
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So you are a fucking idiot for you think that belief is all that matters
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Have you ever bothered to look for one?
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I don't think he reads any European sources. Sadly for him.
02/06/2017 07:04:36 PM
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Please enlighten me with an article where Europe is concerned over how it is viewed by the US
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Please feel free to link an article with France wringin its hands over how America views it
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Most Europeans have a positive image of the US. Back up your statements with facts please.
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Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to say Europeans are somehow superior.
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Who even mentioned Europe?
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non binding agreements that hurt our economy was not going to strengthen our posistion
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The agreements 'hurt' everybody's economy. That's the point.
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No it doesn't.
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You can say 'no it doesn't', but it would help if you then provided arguments.
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I provided evidence. You didn't. Surely you can see the hypocrisy in your answer. *NM*
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Sure, we both provided evidence, but not of the serious comparison with numbers variety.
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No, I provided evidence.
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'You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.'
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It would be ridiculous to expect the US and the west to self impose an energy tax that isn't shared
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You read my previous post, right? If not, please do.
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It is not reaonable to expect us to help fuel the growth in China
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WSJ had the best article about why it was stupid to stay in Paris
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KABOOM - Trump drops the hammer on the EU Globalization Dreams
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Of course. I thought everybody knew that.
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I sense a disappointed liberal from the EU!
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You mean it wasn't the Illuminati? Maybe it was Black Lives Matters?
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By EU standards Legolas is almost rational *NM*
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Paul's right. We're not trusted to lead any longer, so we might as well do what we want. *NM*
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I say we should not take ANY action on global environmental stuff until China & India make it up
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In honor of Wonder Woman let's instead talk about Steve...I mean Chris...
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Interestingly, the Dow ended the day yesterday up 135 and is up another 70 so far today *NM*
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There's no downside to a longer bikini season.
02/06/2017 08:20:49 PM
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Think of it like this
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Yeah, that was the gist of my "fuzzy pledge" comment. I did find the numbers for the reduction...
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It is the same style of congress style of fuzzy math that the US congress uses
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Your title does lead one to an interesting thought.
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Because it is not the integral, the derivative, or the acceleration that kills you, it is the jerk
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I discussed that question with someone here a while back, I think.
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"The two things you need to know about the Paris [climate] agreement are...."
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Unfortunately, the paywall prevents me from reading the WSJ article.
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PragerU is more intellectually rigorous than any women's studies department at "real" universities.
08/06/2017 05:30:30 AM
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Is this the same Dennis Prager? (rhetorical question)
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Dennis Prager has more integrity than women's studies departments and their fake rape culture.
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I laughed at an amateurish video. You insulted PragerU by bringing in women's studies. *NM*
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And this is why I consume so much less news these days
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Question about Global Warming and CO2
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Do you have any idea how we "measure" acidity level from millions of years ago?
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Sigh we do not need to measure millions of years ago
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Do you read what i say or just regurgitate random arguments you read elsewhere?
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So to answer your question simply, yeah I do have an idea of how they measure acidity
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So to answer your question simply, yeah I do have an idea of how they measure acidity
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