Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Game on. (2)

Still remember my previous post about the Earth race - where all countries compete with each other who plays a bigger role in saving the Earth to prove their power?

Copenhagen has been described a failure because the meeting was being held for cooperation. But many countries were unwilling to sacrifice their countries' development ( especially the developing countries ) for the Earth.

The best way to spur countries to be willing to help cut down on global carbon emissions is to encourage competition between them, just like how Russia and US competed in the Cold War who can first put a man up on space.

Of course, the best way out of this global warming problem is to have leaders who can look at the bigger picture and greater vision of the whole world, instead of their own countries. Countries have sufficient leaders, the world need leaders.

Mr Obama also shouldn't have protected America's rights with his unwillingness to cut down on the country's carbon emissions. By setting a bad example, the developing countries will also be unwilling to sacrifice because even the developed countries are also not doing anything.

But, since the situation has been become one of protection of own rights, the best way to break the "stalemate" is to encourage competition amongst the countries who plays the biggest role and responsibility as a country in saving the world.

America should have already taken the lead way before it came to Copenhagen, as the leader of the world. It should have pledged drastic cuts before the Copenhagen meeting, and taken feasible and "noble" actions to cut its carbon emissions.

Copenhagen shouldn't be a place where unwilling countries meet and agree on specific cuts, Copenhagen should be a battle ring, where America, after much actions and promises, goes to the front and proudly showcases its achievements. This is after all, what a leader should do.

Everyone should prepare, take actions aimed at cutting emissions, plant more trees, set more goals, and look forward to the meeting, where they will compete who has done the most, compare their achievements, and ambitiously pledge higher targets against one another.

Those developing countries who are unwilling to sacrifice would gradually feel left out from this race, and competition, and they will slowly join in the fight against global warming. Though it is just a platform for countries to compete their powers against each other, it is actually unknowingly saving the Earth and all the people from rising temperatures.

Premier Wen (China) should also go up and push Mr Obama away, and proudly show many trees China has planted and showcase their future vision of polluted city, Shanghai, become a green city, the world''s most green and pollution-free city.

The virtuous circle will keep going on - India feels it is no where worse than China, it will also aim to overtake China in the competition. Brazil compete with India, Japan with Brazil, Russia with Japan, Germany with Russia, France with Germany........

In fact, we can even create a table of ranking and merit annually (America 1st, China 2nd for example), judged by the showcasing of achievements at Copenhagen, to transform this global responsibility burden into a hot subject of competition.



Game on.

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