The Real Story on China Climate Change Deal: We Make Changes Now, They Wait Until 2030

This Country cannot run on wind and Solar. So if he skyrockets fees on power plants we will pay and it will affect all people. I thought these Progressive Socialist Idiots were looking out for the Middle class and hard working people?

President Obama has announced what he calls “an historic agreement” in a climate change deal with China. In his commitment to reduce carbon emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels, the president is committing Americans to higher energy prices, a weaker economy and a lost competitive advantage.

China’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is akin to a pledge from a broke, addicted gambler to his bookie. The indebted gambler will plead with the bookie, asking to front him the money, promising that he’s good for it and that he’ll pay later. In similar vein, China is telling the United States to make the economic sacrifices and restrict its energy use now and China will start reducing their emissions beginning in 2030.  A few thoughts on why this is a raw deal for both countries:

• China’s gross domestic product per capita has increased from a little more than $300 in 1990 to almost $7,000 today (which still isn’t that much). The use of carbon-emitting conventional fuels has been a staple in such rapidly accelerating growth.  Despite the claim that China will peak its carbon dioxide emissions more than a decade and a half from now, there’s no proof China will have a true inclination then to curb economic growth to restrict climate emissions.
• China’s lack of intent to tackle true environmental problems should be a red flag to this commitment. For instance, consider the black carbon soot problem from burning coal that China won’t tackle. If China won’t even continually use scrubbers to handle the soot problem because of the restraints it would impose on industrial productivity, despite the direct adverse health impacts, why should they be trusted to reduce a nontoxic, colorless, odorless gas?
• Where’s India’s seat at the table? By the time China peaks its carbon emissions output, India will likely have taken over China as the most populated country. Even if climate change were a problem, China’s commitment would still only make a marginal impact on global temperatures.
• China and India have hundreds of millions without access to electricity.The commitment and pressing issue for these developing economies should be to give their people a better standard of living, not reduce carbon emissions.
• Economic growth and affordable, reliable energy are a priority for the people living in China, while action on climate change is simply not. The United Nations’ “My World” survey has more than 5.18 million votes submitted to the survey from nearly every country and territory around the world. Individuals are presented with 16 issues and asked to select the six that “are most important for you and your family.” Dead last among the choices was “action taken on climate change.” Action taken on climate change was also least important to individuals in the least developed countries. Much higher (fourth) was reliable energy at home.
• Plenty of valid reasons exist for why action on climate change ranks at the bottom. Climate models used by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and others predicted accelerated rates of global warming. But the conditions scientists have actually observed don’t match up with those predictions. Even as carbon dioxide emissions around the world have increased, average global temperatureshave plateaued for the past 18 years. The climate is changing, as it always has, but the risks are proving to be exaggerated, the model’s flawed, and the excessive regulations to restrict energy use will come with significant costs and insignificant environmental impact.

As China commits to carbon emission reductions far into the future, the Obama administration is unilaterally imposing regulations that will drive up energy bills for American families and businesses today.

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Administration calls meaningless emissions deal with China 'historic'

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