Omega Vision
So recently there was a conference held by the UN on Global Warming, and the surprise announcement was that both China and the USA were planning to set CO2 caps and to try to arrest the growth of emissions before 2020.
Now, here are the two (very big) caveats.
First, China's president wasn't making this statement for China--it was the Vice President, and while it's very unlikely that the VP would ever say anything that went completely against the President's policy or that wrote checks that the leadership couldn't cash, it might mean that the Chinese government is talking a big game without having their head of state putting his head on the line in the event China can't make good on its word.
Second, Obama all but admitted that Congress as it is would never be able to pass the kind of regulations needed to do anything serious about American emissions.
HOWEVER.
Obama did suggest that he'd try to accomplish the necessary changes through executive orders.
At the very least, I think this conference was a step in the right direction that shows that the age of denial is over. Now it's a question of whether we're starting the age of action or the age of procrastination.
Now, here are the two (very big) caveats.
First, China's president wasn't making this statement for China--it was the Vice President, and while it's very unlikely that the VP would ever say anything that went completely against the President's policy or that wrote checks that the leadership couldn't cash, it might mean that the Chinese government is talking a big game without having their head of state putting his head on the line in the event China can't make good on its word.
Second, Obama all but admitted that Congress as it is would never be able to pass the kind of regulations needed to do anything serious about American emissions.
HOWEVER.
Obama did suggest that he'd try to accomplish the necessary changes through executive orders.
At the very least, I think this conference was a step in the right direction that shows that the age of denial is over. Now it's a question of whether we're starting the age of action or the age of procrastination.