Still more dim-witted stuff from high-flying, mansion-dwelling Tom Friedman: He suggests that Americans don't do enough fossil-fueled travel, and also suggests that the Chinese are happy that we're emitting the CO2 that will allegedly kill their grandchildren

What we might hear about America from WikiChina - JSOnline.mobi

But the Americans are oblivious. They travel abroad so rarely that they don't see how far they are falling behind.
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Most of the Republicans just elected to Congress do not believe what their scientists tell them about man-made climate change. America's politicians are mostly lawyers - not engineers or scientists like ours - so they'll just say crazy things about science and nobody calls them on it. It's good. It means they will not support any bill to spur clean energy innovation, which is central to our next five-year plan. And this ensures that our efforts to dominate the wind, solar, nuclear and electric car industries will not be challenged by America.