Chris Barker wrote:
>
> I'm afraid that you gentlemen and ladies of the US are sitting ducks
> when it comes to this subject. The price of fuel for cars, trucks
> and industry in Europe is below what it costs to clean up after it -
> before you consider the damage caused by global warming. In the USA
> the cost differential is of course much greater.
Greenhouse gas emission change, 1990-98
U.S. +11.2%
Russia -35.4%
Japan +9.7%
Germany -15.6%
Canada +13.2%
U.K. -8.3%
France +0.9%
Italy +4.4%
Australia +14.5%
Ukraine -50.5%
Poland -28.7%
Spain +21.0%
Netherlands +8.4%
Romania -38.1%
-Nick
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