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This is not true at all, or at least it's only true from a narrow US view of the world : http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-31/obama-step-forward-on-carbon-

by waps 12y ago

This is not true at all, or at least it's only true from a narrow US view of the world : http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-31/obama-step-forward-on-carbon-undone-by-china-s-steps-back.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-31/obama-step-forward-... And let's not get any illusions. One of the main real changes in the world that make this possible is outsourcing of production to China, where instead of a mix of oil, nuclear and coal, goods will be produced with nearly exclusively coal. Obama is not an idiot and knows this. His voters seemingly are not so aware. So what it should really say is something along the lines of "in an attempt to improve earbon emission numbers in the US, the EPA doubles worldwide carbon emissions, in cooperation with it's European counterpart, moving the emissions where they are not counted on his report card".

spenrose 12y ago
Outsourcing manufacturing to China can increase emissions; closing coal plants in the USA does not affect in or outsourcing; therefore your summary is false.
- ams6110 12y ago
  Expensive energy here vs. cheap energy in China certainly would factor into outsourcing decisions.
  - Daishiman 12y ago
    Energy is going to get a lot more expensive in China from here on too.
- nospecinterests 12y ago
  This is not true at all. Making energy more expensive to harvest, store, and consume directly impacts production costs. The higher the price the more organizations move production to areas of lower costs. When they are prevented from moving they pass those costs on to their customers.