Smoke Signals

Posted by SCapozzola on August 27th, 2008

  It happens that China is already the world’s leading producer of both carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide due to a vast manufacturing base that follows little in the way of emissions controls.

Apparently, though, carbon emissions from China’s electric power sector will increase by roughly 30% in 2008, and will surpass the total emissions of the U.S. electric power industry, according to a report from the Center for Global Development.

According to the study, both China and India are becoming somewhat more efficient in energy use, but rapid growth in both countries means a doubling of carbon emissions from their power plants over the next dozen years.

The EPA estimates that one-fourth of all California air pollution now comes from China.  With China simultaneously ramping up production and disregarding many environmental standards, it seems more and more necessary for the U.S. to examine the consequences of our trade policies and china’s practices.

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One Response to “Smoke Signals”

  1. Coleto Says:
    October 15th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    Dude, the US produces 25% of world carbon emissions with only 5% of world population.
    Your carbon emissions per capitia is 4 times of the average chiniese.
    They have a proram to reduce their energy use by 20% per unit of GDP by 2010. You don’t.
    Not sure bout the numbers, might be +/- couple of percent. But anyway, you are the wasteful pollutants.

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