If your arguement against confronting global climate change is that China and India aren't playing by our rules, I am dumbfounded. They don't play by our rules in water pollution, in worker safety, in vacations, in auto safety, in mine safety, in toxic waste disposal, or in hundreds of other areas where our country has shown wisdom and leadership and lead by example. And these programs have protected our citizens, our water, our air, our soil.
Industry argued they couldn't put scrubbers on power plant smoke stacks, they did and continue to be profitable. We need to lead by example and tackle this problem sooner rather than later, as later may be too late. There will be no do-overs if the nay sayers are wrong and we, and others in the world, fail to act.