Reuters reported on Friday that Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai that Americans should pay for China’s greenhouse polluting.
Yes, you read that right. Americans and our consumption of Chinese-made goods is the reason China is such a big global warming bad guy.
“It’s important that those who consume the products being made all around the world to the benefit of America — and it’s our own consumption activity that’s causing the emission of greenhouse gases, then quite frankly Americans need to pay for that.”
Ummm…ok, Gary. Why don’t you explain to Americans just how that jives with the fact that China’s pollution is a result of their production of steel, cement, aluminium, paper and chemicals, most of which are consumed in China rather than exported?
In contrast, U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come mainly from domestic consumption, such as fuels to heat and cool buildings and to power vehicles. Only about 25 percent of U.S. emissions are caused by factories.
De Nile about global warming ain’t just a river in Egypt any more. Apparently it’s now also a river in China down which Americans are being shanghaied.