I loathe the sort of commentary stories like this generate. It's all about how America contributes more greenhouse gasses than other countries. Okay, guilty as charged. It's not like these greenhouse gasses don't have a context. The American economy sustains the planet, pulls millions out of poverty, keeps the sea channels open, develops most of the medical breakthroughs, provides most of the funding for international institutions (including the finger-waggers at the UN's environmental divisions), offers the best higher education to the world's leaders, and generally provides a blanket of security for much of the planet. I could go on, but you get the point.
Hay! He's correct, greenhouse gasses do have a context. What he ignores is that global warming, where greenhouse gasses is the major contributor, will severely damage the world's economy, including America's. Dumb
He is also espousing, whether he knows it or not, that just because America is the "biggest kid on the block" (aka bully) we have a natural right to pollute our entire world. Dumber
The only "saving grace" of his post is the, "Okay, guilty as charged." Finally, someone from the right admits to a crime. The problem is, Americans and the world will have to face the judgment of Mother Nature (aka God) and the verdict may be very, very unpleasant.
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