A plurality of the world's emmissions come from the United States - with 25% of the world's total emmissions and only 4% of the worlds total population. A 6% emmissions increase for the United States means alot more than an 10% emmission increase among "signers". Someone with a salary of $100 getting a 100% salary increase isnt going to mean as much as someone making $1,000,000 getting a 1% salary increase.
Confusion of percentages versus actual quantity means misleading statistics and a misleading article.
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Gary Miller
Dec 20, 2007 23:01
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neil gaffney
Dec 18, 2007 00:26
While I appreciate statistics and consider them within a context. My overwhelming experience is that global warming is real. Mr.... [MORE]
John House
Dec 18, 2007 22:45
I am intrigued by the claims of John 'Green' House to have certain "overwhelming experience" that "global warming is real".
Does... [MORE]
Geraint Roberts
Dec 19, 2007 17:38
Cheer up, Mr. Steyn. There may be a purpose behind the mental illness gripping the world's elites.
In "Anatomy of Criticism"... [MORE]
Robert Arvanitis
Dec 17, 2007 21:35
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John House
Dec 17, 2007 20:35
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Lynn
Dec 19, 2007 10:50
Lynn, I remember when cattle egrets were seldom seen in Central Illinois. I now see many. I remember when trees... [MORE]
John House
Dec 19, 2007 23:46
Mr. House,
I would argue that rather than using reason, which would see an individual's personal experience as insigificant in the... [MORE]
Lynn
Dec 20, 2007 10:55
Lynn, thank you for your correction of my typo. Thank you also for the reference. I have book marked it... [MORE]
John House
Dec 20, 2007 22:36
While your story about faith is indeed moving, it is not what I mean when I say that your view... [MORE]
Lynn
Dec 21, 2007 10:20
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john twinem
Dec 21, 2007 10:58
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John House
Dec 24, 2007 23:05
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Neil
Dec 17, 2007 17:09
I believe that we will soon (less than 10 years from now) use solar energy to make fuels in significant... [MORE]
Wilm E. Donath
Dec 17, 2007 12:38
•Emissions from the U.S. increased 6.6%.
A plurality of the world's emmissions come from the United States - with 25% of...
Ethan
Dec 17, 2007 01:09
Ethan might be more convincing if he could spell emissions.
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tarkus
Dec 17, 2007 03:08
I think (correct me if I'm wrong) the Kyoto protocol was to reduce emissions by percentage amounts. So by showing... [MORE]
Keith
Dec 17, 2007 10:03
Sirs,
Whether Mark Steyn's right or wrong matters not. It's the basic premise of the global ecochondriacs that's erroneous. On page... [MORE]
Boris Bell
Dec 17, 2007 14:53
Regardless of the fact that the US is the leading source of emissions, Steyn's point is simply that the US... [MORE]
jon
Dec 17, 2007 15:20
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Jon
Dec 17, 2007 15:21
Ethan,
Your rounding seems to only work in one direction. While it may be nit picking:
US pop = 4.57% of world... [MORE]
David
Dec 17, 2007 16:00
According to the World Bank figures for 2006, The US economy accounts for 27.4% of the world economy.
siteresources.worldbank.org/DATASTATISTICS/Resources/GDP.pdf
So what we... [MORE]