China To West: Get Bent

China flat refuses to curb emissions and says the west can go ahead and kneecap their own economies. China is ready to pick up the business and all the money, thanks. Oh, and the activists have dropped the masks and are using religious terminology, labeling the US and Saudi Arabia 'sinners'.

Environmental activists, meanwhile, labeled the United States and Saudi Arabia the worst "climate sinners," accusing them of having inadequate polices for climate problems while letting greenhouse gas emissions rise. But the activists also said no country is doing enough.

Su Wei, a top climate expert for China's government attending the U.N. Climate Change Conference, said the job belongs to the wealthy. He said it was unfair to ask developing nations to accept binding emissions cuts and other restrictions being pushed for already industrialized states.

He said the United States and its fellow industrial nations have long spewed greenhouse gases into the atmosphere while newly emerging economies have done so for only a few decades.

"China is in the process of industrialization and there is a need for economic growth to meet the basic needs of the people and fight against poverty," Su said.

While many experts believe China has surpassed the United States as the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases, Su noted the Chinese population is far bigger and said America's emissions per person are six times higher than in China.

The west is being told to go cut their economic throats so China can just keep expanding. Which I have pointed out all along. Unfortunately, the activists are more than willing to apply the knife.

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  By FedUp, Saturday, 8 December , 2007 @ 10:47 am

  So… we can fix that… send in the clowns… er, Al Gore!

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