>That's why we need political action. And in terms of global coordination, it helps to negotiate from a position of moral high ground if you can show that your

>That's why we need political action. And in terms of global coordination, it helps to negotiate from a position of moral high ground if you can show that your country is doing its part to reduce emissions. What seems completely, off-the-charts crazy to me is NOT the "China is emitting too much CO2" claim. It's the "therefore" that people stick on the end, sometimes implicit, sometimes explicit: "therefore we should do nothing." I lack the language to fully describe how crazy that way of thinking is.