China about to pass U.S. as world's top generator of greenhouse gases

Both China and the U.S. are exempt from Kyoto but people still believe that Kyoto is the magic bullet to stopping global warming. Until China is put in check there is NO point in countries the size of Canada making any changes to GHG emissions.

China's emissions dwarf anything that Canada can do, "The magnitude of what's happening in China threatens to wipe out what's happening internationally"

"data from the International Energy Agency, the Paris-based alliance of oil importing nations, also revealed that China's greenhouse gas emissions have recently been growing by a total amount much greater than that of all industrialized nations put together." That's right China's GHG emissions are growing faster than ALL INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS COMBINED!!! But we here in Canada are still naive enough to believe that we can make a difference. Dream on.

"The new data show that many local officials are more concerned about economic development, about increasing gross domestic product, and see energy efficiency and environmental protection as a lower priority," said Yang, of the Energy Foundation." I give China credit they have their priorities much better aligned than most in Canada.