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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (357260)	2/11/2003 2:57:05 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

re:"Now lets put your data into proper perspective. So that we are clear..........the US has 4.6% of the population but produces more than 25%" Perspective...O.K. In 2001, the GDP of the United States was $10124.8 Billion. In 2001, the GDP of the EU-15 was $7894.5 Billion. GDP per capita, EU-15 $20,700, USA $36,500 USA's GDP probably represents over 20% of the world's GDP. re:"In addition, you cited European figures for the years 1999 and 2000 while the reduction in US gases was for the year 2001.......big difference. Both Europe and the US went into recession in the latter part of 2000. So a more reasonable comparison would be apples to apples; for an example, US 2000 and Europe 2000." Incorrect, economic growth in the EU-15 was flat in 1999, and negative in 2000 (despite increases in CO2 emissions). In 2001, despite the recession, economic growth in the United States was positive (with decreasing CO2 emissions). EU-15 GDP: 1998 - $8,541.4 B, 1999 - $8,547.1 B, 2000 - $7,866.0 B, 2001 - $7889.9 B dfat.gov.au USA GDP: 1998 - $8,781.5 B, 1999 - $9,268.6 B, 2000 - $9,872.9 B, 2001 - $10,208.1 B economist.com re:"Meanwhile, in 2000, the US experienced a 3% increase on a relatively large base..." I realize that in 2000, the United States had an unusually large increase in C02 production. However, this increase occurred during the Clinton Administration, not the Bush Administration. If I had to guess, at least a good part of this increase can be attributed to the California energy crisis in 2000 (due to the loss of hydroelectric power and the heavy use of dirty, inefficient power plants - peakers). Here's my question. Would reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from the United States really make a difference to global warming, when other planets in the solar system are experiencing planetary warming and retreating of their polar regions?