Margaret Thatcher's death proves why there will be no real action on Climate Change.

[Kasz216]

Mr Khan said:

Kasz216 said:

Mr Khan said:
China, actually, is debating a carbon tax, because they were freaked out by a study that said their agricultural output would be decimated if temperatures rose but 2* Celsius.

In the short term, you're correct, but in the long term the whole thing will pay off

It's not like China is the only country in the game... there are a lot of poor nations who don't have argicultural programs who would be more willing to throw there hats in the ring. 

True, but the point is that the pollution king can see the effects of an unregulated carbon feeding frenzy, and others can too, making it less of a foregone conclusion than you present.

That's only assuming they stand something to lose from global climate change.  A lot of countries actually have a decent amount to gain from it. 

Think how much Russia would stand to gain if the Northern Europeon Waters warmed up and they could ship oil to norway year round... heck their agirculture system would actually get a boost too.  We're lucky that most of these countries like Canada and Norway tend to be already on the bandwagon....

but... there are going to be a lot of countries in South America and Africa who are more then willing to put up with it... so there people can eat.

Worrying about the effects of future global warming isn't really a concern for people who need to worry about eating.