[lbo-talk] Bush tries to make joke: "Goodbye from world's biggest polluter!"

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Sat Jul 12 15:06:09 PDT 2008


On Jul 12, 2008, at 11:29 AM, B. wrote:


> When you think about it, it's appropriate in a literal
> sense that the POTUS would try to physically assault
> the air after making a joke about how horrible the US
> treats the climate. You know, like "Take that, air!"

However, as the FT piece posted earlier [Nicolas Stern's What Is To Be Done on climate change] noted, "China's emissions per unit of gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) are double those of the US and three times those of Japan." He might arguably have been wrong.

martin



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