Current OECD member countries (as of March 10, 2010) are the United States, Canada, Mexico, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. Chile

From: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/highlights.html

Thailand CO2 Emissions

The world is heading for an average temperature rise of nearly 4C (7F), according to analysis of national pledges from around the globe. Such a rise would bring a high risk of major extinctions, threats to food supplies and the near-total collapse of the huge Greenland ice sheet.

More than 100 heads of state agreed in Copenhagen last December to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C-2C (2.7-3.6F) above the long-term average before the industrial revolution, which kickstarted a massive global increase in the greenhouse gases blamed for warming the planet and triggering climate change.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/05/ipcc-rising-temperature-targets-greenland-ice-sheet

Cleaner Coal Plants,

CO2 Emission is such a big deal in DK. I pay some % on CO2 tax for every plastic bag I got from super market.

I think The Danish government banned a coal plant from Scotland last year because that CO2 thing. Well done.

The first picture, and caption, spells out the main problem that will not be overcome until mankind is extinct. One of the big determining factors in being competitive on the world market industrially is energy costs associated with production. It costs more money to produce clean energy. As long as one country can gain a financial advantage over another by overlooking environmental concerns, or labor safety, it will, plain, and simple. There are those countries, and individuals, that have no concern for life below their class/caste. With the inclusion of corruption into the business model, there will never be a change until extinction, and that is scientifically proven. The timeline is the only thing that is open to debate My forecast is 100 years, or less.

And still, the biggest threat from coal fired energy production is sulfur dioxide, not CO2. Although CO2 is produced, sulfur dioxide kills a lot faster.

And they want to consume like the US also YIKES !!

Thank you for comments. Last night I watched the movie "1776" a musical about the Continental Congress of the 13 British colonies and the signing of Declaration of Independence. The representatives of the 13 colonies could not agree anything, slavery, taxes, voting rights, banking, and even independence from the English King.

Finally, they did agree that for better or worst they wanted to shape their own destiny by creating American nation. On eve on the signing of the DOI the British landed their fleet in New York harbor with 25,000 British and German professional soldiers who's task was defeat General Washington's rag-tag army of farmers.

The smart money favored the British by a long shot. Still, all but one of the first congress signed the Declaration of Independence knowing that they were committing High Treason against the British Empire, punishable by hanging.

So I cannot under estimate the human spirit, even though the odds are against us regarding Global Warming.

If governments were serious about CO2 they'd ban things like plastic bags instead of charging a tax on them.