Hot Air Again..from the President

President Bush, in Japan for the G-8 summit, again insists that China and India have to "share the same aspirations" and goals for the U.S. to act on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Looks like the Bush Brain is unwilling to absorb the reality that on a per-capita basis, the U.S. far exceeds China and India in contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Per capita measurement is important because individual lifestyles and habits drive resource consumption and greenhouse gas contributions The industrialized countries have to adopt policies to 'reduce' their contributions while the developing countries have to adopt the right policies and technology to slow down, if not stop the rise in their emissions. If China and India adopted currently available technology in constructing new power plants, other infrastructure, homes, and adopted mass transit they can cut down significantly on the increase in their emissions (based on available data).

Some data on OECD greenhouse gas emissions can be found at
Greenhouse Gas Emissions per Capita - 2003