Comment: The US and climate change debate

Nov. 13, p. 6

Although it was cut short by unfortunate circumstances relating to volcanic eruptions in Yogyakarta, President Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia left an important message about the future of Indonesia’s sustainable development. (By Michael N. Dyonisius, Boston).

Your comments:

China is the proxy carbon emitter for the US and the West ever since major manufacturing moved from the West to China.
In the end, 20 percent of global resources are consumed by 5 percent of the population (i.e. the US). Taking that into account, the US might still be the largest cause of emissions, even if on paper they come from China!
And what is the US doing to curb its emissions? China is investing in high speed rail (unavailable in the car-centric US). The US military (by itself one of the top ranking emitters) is playing the “liberator” in strategic energy locations.
John
Makassar