Group: talk.environment
From: Rich
Date: Friday, August 31, 2007 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: China says one-child policy helps protect climate

Roger Coppock wrote:
> On Aug 30, 9:16 pm, "simple_langu...@yahoo.com"
> wrote:
>> source:http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL3047203920070830?...
> [ . . . ]
>> Harlan Watson, the chief U.S. negotiator, said that high immigration
>> to the United States makes it harder to slow its rising emissions.
>>
>> "It's simple arithmetic," he said. "If you look at mid-century, Europe
>> will be at 1990 levels of population while ours will be nearing 60
>> percent above 1990 levels. So population does matter," he said.
>
> So, both China and the US agree, demographics does play
> a part in greenhouse gas reduction.

Not demographics, *population* growth.

Cheers,

Rich