China wrecked the Copenhagen deal

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by aliasyzy

Why Copenhagen didn't work out? You guys can find your answers in this post. None of you is willing to face the core of the problem. You keep blaming others for irrelevent minor things in order to cover up your unwillingness to really do something.

IRONY ALARM! IRONY ALARM!

For almost all of the major and upcoming economic powers, it is not in their perceived best interest to limit their fossil fuel use. That means, every major and upcoming economic power will blame others and try to avoid attention to their own faults. Both China and the US do this along with many other countries.

It is obvious that China, along with other countries, wrecked any hopes of getting something meaningful done in Copenhagen. The US has ruined past attempts and I don't believe by any means that they are fully committed to anything binding. I may be wrong but that is my personal thoughts.

But either way, climate change is an issue about power. Whichever country is the most dependent on fossil fuels and has the most political influence will ruin any attempts at binding agreements. In the past it was the US, now, the torch is being passed over to China.