The human population of the United States is over 300...
The U. S. adopting Cap and Trade will have a significant effect on climate.
I thank my opponent for accepting this debate. I will start by getting some facts on the table. The United States is a country on Earth. http://www.answers.com... The world temperature has supposedly gone up about 1 degree in the last 150 years. http://www.epa.gov... The human population of Earth is over 6 billion. http://www.infoplease.com... The human population of China is over 1.3 billion. http://geography.about.com... The human population of the United States is over 300 million. http://factfinder.census.gov... The average "carbon footprint" for a U.S. household is 19 metric tons of CO2. http://www.foxnews.com... There are about 100 million american housholds. http://www.foxnews.com... The average american household adds 0.0000000000148 degrees Fahrenheit to the global average temperature. http://www.foxnews.com... China has a smaller carbon footprint than the U. S. http://outside.away.com... The U. S. is responsible for 27% of the global carbon footprint. http://outside.away.com... From these facts, we can draw three conclusions. 1. In 150 years, the temperature has gone up 1 degree. The U.S. is responsible for about a quarter of this. 2. Even if the United States produced no carbon footprint, about three-quarters of global warming would still occur. 3. If the United States produced no carbon footprint, then there would not be a significant effect on The human population of the United States is over 300 million. http://factfinder.census.gov... The average "carbon footprint" for a U.S. household is 19 metric tons of CO2. http://www.foxnews.com... There are about 100 million american housholds. http://www.foxnews.com... The average american household adds 0.0000000000148 degrees Fahrenheit to the global average temperature. http://www.foxnews.com... China has a smaller carbon footprint than the U. S. http://outside.away.com... The U. S. is responsible for 27% of the global carbon footprint. http://outside.away.com... From these facts, we can draw three conclusions. 1. In 150 years, the temperature has gone up 1 degree. The U.S. is responsible for about a quarter of this. 2. Even if the United States produced no carbon footprint, about three-quarters of global warming would still occur. 3. If the United States produced no carbon footprint, then there would not be a significant effect on climate. The basic calculations are as follows: 150 years=1 degree 50 years=one-third of a degree 50 years (just U. S.)=one-twelveth of a degree The definition of "a significant effect" has been established as "atleast a quarter of a degree in fifty years". However, even if the U.S. were to have no "footprint", the global climate trend would decrease by 1/12 degree. Further, Obama's plan would "reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050." http://my.barackobama.com... So, the emissions would not even be completely eliminated, but reduced by 80 percent. Therefore, assuming the Obama plan even works, the current warming trend would be reduced by 1/15 degree. The debate is already won. Basic math discredits that the U.S. adopting Obama's Cap and Trade plan will have a significant effect on climate. I thank my opponent for this debate.