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

To: DavesM who wrote (357261)	2/11/2003 9:53:12 AM
From: tejek	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. I see......right, its okay to pollute four times your population so long as you have a GDP of $10 billion. Good point....NOT! 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; Wrong, champ.....your data masks a large GDP spurt in the first quarter of 2001 followed by declining GDP for the year.....or did you really think the Bushies lowered G.Gas emissions while underminding environmental laws. Your kind would love to put that fantastical spin on the problem, wouldn't ya? Mr. Bush is the only American president to make gold while burping......at least according to the right. 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). Oh, I see.......when all else fails, blame it on Clinton. But you see Clinton had a brain while Mr. Bush........well, he was a cheerleader! 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? Yes, I heard the Russians had set up coal grinding plants on Venus and the Chinese are refining oil on Mars. We're stinking up the whole solar system! Enter symbols or keywords for search: QuotesStock TalkChartsNewsPeople Symbol Lookup Subject Titles Only Full Text Go to Top Terms of Use Got a comment, question or suggestion? Contact Silicon Investor.