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| The musings of a conservatarian frustrated writer. ... |
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 --- 66 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadioactiveCommunistZombies/~3/279822057/stop-cli
| Of course to "stop" climate change we have to reduce CO 2 . How much? Well a lot of people are talking by 80% by 2050. According to Steven F. Hayward in today's Wall Street Journal: Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have endorsed [80% reduction by 2050]. John McCain is not far behind, calling for a 65% reduction. Only problem is, it's nearly impossible. Right now Americans put out about 20 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year per person. The country as a whole about 5.8 billion metric tons. So an 80% reduction would be (easy math) about one billion metric tons. Only problem is, U.S. population in 2050 is projected to be 420 million folks (up from 300 million now). So (divide) that means we can only emit 2.5 metric tons per person.
And as Hayward writes: It is likely that U.S. per capita emissions were never that low – even back in colonial days when the only fuel we burned was wood. The only nations in the world today that emit at this low level are all poor developing nations, such as Belize, Mauritius, Jordan, Haiti and Somalia. You think that's bad? You won't even be able to take a shower. Today, the average residence in the U.S. uses about 10,500 kilowatt hours of electricity and emits 11.4 tons of CO2 per year (much more if you are Al Gore or John Edwards and live in a mansion). To stay within the magic number, average household emissions will have to fall to no more than 1.5 tons per year. I ... |
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