DONALD TRUMP [should be] DISQUALIFIED

So, the US does nothing? China surely will certainly be more likely to adopt progressive energy policies if we just twiddle our fingers!

The problem is, China will not only do nothing regardless of our stance, but, if we put our corporations under draconean laws designed to get .1% better environmental efficiency at a massive cost to production and cost levels, within a few years China will be the ones MAKING all of the global rules because the US will not be in a position to even uphold the law in our own jurisdiction, much less the rest of the world; we are already further into the debt hole than we can ever possibly dig our way out of, it will only take one small push to topple us at this point, and climate change laws are precisely the push China is hoping will cripple us. If you think things are bad now, just imagine a world where China is setting all of the rules. We can't maintain too strong a stance against something if the cost is our ability to enforce that stance, especially when none of the other potential super powers are willing to take up our flag when we fall, they are more likely to actively work against any progress that has been made and build a world that suits their country specifically. Russia doesn't give a pineapple about the world. China doesn't give a pineapple about the world. One of those two are who will be taking over when we are gone, take your pick. (maybe India. Maybe).