SHOULD CHINA BE FORCED TO CLEAN UP? [+] ballot by Kev24 created Tue Dec 04, 07 the world howled like fools when the united states said the kyoto accord needed to be revised to include china and india. putz's decried our refusal to sign and let india and china off the hook. The current treaty, the Kyoto Protocol, binds 36 nations to cut the gases by a combined 5.2 percent from 1990 levels by 2012. U.S. President George W. Bush has refused to ratify the Kyoto accord and the treaty doesn't set goals for China. Mandatory Caps ``The U.S. and other industrialized nations must accept mandatory caps and acknowledge that poorer nations won't forego economic growth,'' said Senator John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, in a response to e-mailed questions. ``China and other developing countries will have to take on their own binding commitments -- not the same form as ours -- but perhaps a commitment per unit of GDP growth,'' said Kerry, a Congressional delegate. China's Coal Plants ``Developed countries should lead by example in cutting their own emissions and energy use,'' the Chinese foreign ministry's spokesman, Liu Jianchao, said at a press conference in Beijing. ``Furthermore, they should transfer technology and financial assistance to developing countries.'' China burns coal to generate 78 percent of the electricity used in the world's biggest energy-consuming nation after the U.S. Chinese power demand may rise 13.5 percent next year, according to the State Grid Corp. of China. ``We don't have the motivation or incentives to reduce carbon emissions at coal-fired plants,'' said Zhang Shaopeng, Beijing-based spokesman for Datang International Power Generation Co., China's second-largest power utility by market value. ``It's unrealistic to expect power companies to assume the cost.'' `Crying and Whining' As China has grown in wealth and influence, its argument that it remains a developing nation sounds hollow, said Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers union. ``I'm sick and tired of China crying and whining,'' Gerard said in an interview. ``They aren't a developing country. They've got an advanced economy. They are the export capital of the world.'' okay we can see that john kerry is still a total moron, but that's a given. but now we know that china is literally, poisioning it's own country and now the world. so? what say all of you? should china be forced to comply, as many said the united states should? afterall, china is no longer a developing country. china pollutes more and should be forced to cut their pollution wha? huh? umm, i must always be irrational, so i say china does not have to reduce pollution i'm an imbocile, so i blame the u.s.a for everything bad in the world! We can ask them to consider the benefits of "going green" Ballot #119620 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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