Gone are the days or so it seems that the European Union aimed to unilaterally cut down carbon emission to zero without the rest of the world having to do anything. Welcome Silvio Berlusconi, the savior of the European economy, whose insistence on linking the EU efforts to a commitment from the United States and China at the Copenhagen Climate Summit introduced reason into the climate debate, that seemed to be more relying on faith then facts.
Only one in six emission particles stems from Western Europe - if one imagines the rate the Chinese build new coal-based power plants, surpassing the United States as the worlds biggest producer of carbondioxide, it becomes obvious that whatever efforts Europe undertakes, it will not even create a minor decline in the emissions chart.
Why should we then sacrifice our industry by imposing extra emission cost, making sectors like steel, paper and chemicals, to name just a few, uncompetetive and forcing them to relocate to Russia and other countries outside our climate regime?
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