Its precisely because so many countries won't do their part that I don't think a multinational agreement on meaningful cuts is possible.Instead I'd like to see import taxes levied by all countries on all other countries. Take the CO2 pollution output by the country in 2000, subtract 1% per year past that date, then the permissible import duty is the number of percent their emissions are today over the derived figure. So if the US was producing 100Gtonnes of CO2 in 2000 and are producing 110 Gtonnes today, other countries could impose import tariffs up to 22% on US exports in 2010.That system has the advantage that only the WTO has to agree, and its self correcting. Any country that doesn't pull its weight in CO2 reduction actions gets high tariffs slapped on its exports, thus its economy declines and so does its CO2. Conversely any country that really does the job on reduction can grow and export, providing they do it in a carbon efficient manner.Carrot and stick.
Posted: 10 15 2009 Post subject: alyson hannigan wallpaper
“I wonder when these things appear how many of them we are going to have on this planet. Will it be like A service that say airports have. Or what? Its going to be annoying for planes, if these do become popular, they will need to be on the lookout for these things.
Posted: 10 12 2009 Post subject: alyson hannigan wallpaper
"Hey honey, I figured out what I'm gonna' do. I'm naming a crater after you!"?
go ahead keep living vicariously though your sports teams. keep saying things like "oh congrats phil YOUR yankees won" with some look of pride on your face like you actually contributed. fact is, the actual players have LESS loyalty to your god damn city than you do. they'll go where the money is and probably didn't come from your city in the first place. and then there's the yankees...buying up and trading for the best players..and fans have the balls to have some kind of pride in that *****. how pathetic...
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