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Originally Posted by TrevorW
Most of the coal and gas we produce goes to China and they are very carbon conscious  |
Hey Trevor, I don't agree with this statement. I know for a fact that the Chinese vent vast quantities of CO2 directly from gas fields - so that's a massive source of carbon emission before they generate a single erg of power from the methane itself. Those kinds of activities aren't even measured by the two references below demonstrating that China emits more CO2 than the next two largest emitters combined:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...xide_emissions
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...75728120110608
Or you could try this one:
http://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/news_d...def_19sept.pdf
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It indicates that not only have emissions increased substantially in 2010 in China and India - by 10% and 9% mainly due to a similar increase in coal consumption - but also in most of the other major economies such as the European Union, the USA, Japan and Russia. Since 2002, an accelerated global annual CO2 growth rate is seen as a consequence of the industrialisation of China. China’s economy grew at a much faster pace and the global share of coal increased from 26% to 30%. In 2010 emissions from global coal consumption increased by more than 7%, which is the fastest global growth since 2003, as China accounts for about two-thirds of the increase.
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In my opinion China doesn't give a rats proverbial about CO2 or any other form of pollution. But pointing our fingers at them and saying "naughty, naughty" is the tail wagging the dog- they're only doing it because the western world demands those cheap ipads and other disposable goodies.
Fair enough re: medical reasons for running AC! Besides, I have AC too, though it is evaporative.