Nick Taylor wrote:
>
> Chris Barker wrote:
> >
> > I'm afraid that you gentlemen and ladies of the US are sitting ducks
> > when it comes to this subject. The price of fuel for cars, trucks
> > and industry in Europe is below what it costs to clean up after it -
> > before you consider the damage caused by global warming. In the USA
> > the cost differential is of course much greater.
>
> Greenhouse gas emission change, 1990-98
> U.S. +11.2%
> Russia -35.4%
> Japan +9.7%
> Germany -15.6%
> Canada +13.2%
> U.K. -8.3%
> France +0.9%
> Italy +4.4%
> Australia +14.5%
> Ukraine -50.5%
> Poland -28.7%
> Spain +21.0%
> Netherlands +8.4%
> Romania -38.1%
>
> -Nick
Deduct the positive effects of the massive forests in north America,
Canada in particular, and north America is in large negative territory.
jh
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