Manufacture and Transportation of Export Goods Accounts for About 25% of China’s CO2 Emissions "Fair, globalized trade might imply that a nation’s entire carbon footprint should also include imported goods and services manufactured elsewhere, the researchers suggest." "Nearly a quarter of China’s carbon emissions are created by goods manufactured and exported to Western consumers, according to research by University of Sussex climate change analysts .." http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/10/ma...e-and.html#more
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(HBO6 @ Oct 20 2007, 10:24 AM) [snapback]528190[/snapback]</div> I have not looked at the link but the general idea is correct. We should definately be looking at a countries exports/imports. It's called exporting degredation. We are kings of that.
Well, yeah. And when the adjustment is made, just watch the carbon footprint of the U.S. go up even higher.
