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Russia Begins Retaliation Over The E.U.'s Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme; Denies Overflights
Russia has denied European airlines overflight routes from Europe to Asia as part of its retaliation to the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme, ETS, for carbon emissions. This move makes Russia the latest in a long line of countries enacting... (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) Más...Good.
On a related note - Boeing bought 5 A340s from China Eastern as part of a deal to sell them 20 777s. Apparently, China has now banned all of their flag carriers from buying Airbus as long as ETS is in effect.
http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2012/05/02/boeing-buys-5-airbus-a340s-weird-deal-sell-20-its-777s-china-eastern-airlines
http://www.thefloridanewsjournal.com/2012/05/02/boeing-buys-5-airbus-a340s-weird-deal-sell-20-its-777s-china-eastern-airlines
The greatest "greenhouse gas" in the atmosphere is water vapor. (CO2 is very minor). Can't wait to see their "Humidity Tax" scheme. Down here where I live, we'll be as rich as Al Gore.
Yes, but the strength/magnitude of CO2 is stronger than water vapour by many folds. Look up "global-warming potential" for more info.
the earth is getting warmer... like it has many times in the past... Greenland was green when the Vikings settled there.. it's still much colder now... what gets me is that there's never anything good about warming reported, in fact, it's like the "warmers" can't wait to report more bad news.. something happens, like Katrina, and it's "global warming" and on and on... it's unfortunate that the Euro (and Jack) have been taken in by this new political movement... (not an environmental movement) .... aviation contributes very little carbon - you want to slow carbon emissions? go to China and shut down their unfiltered coal plants...