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The section in today's class on global warming reminded me of a recent presentation I gave in my international politics class.  It is frusturating to see that countries are not playing the roles they should in really trying to stop the problem.  It obviously is an important problem that needs to be addressed or we will soon run out of resources.  There is a constant debate going on between the countries who are emitting the most fuels but at the top of the list is the USA.  What is frusturating is the fact that the USA refuses to do anything about it unless China and India do something first.  The situation is a bit more complex but that is the main point.  I believe that the USA needs to step up and take the lead because we are a major power in the world as well as a developed country, whereas the other two are not.  As disucssed in class, there are two major problems that are resulting from Global Warming: one, the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the air is increasing, and two, future generations are going to depend on these resources that take a long-time to be produced.  These problems are real and need to be addressed.  The efforts at the local level are very crucial but this is not going to happen if the country does not inforce it.  I think the USA should take a real stand and Bush should stop with his ridiculous ideas such as his new plan which essentially is trying to persuade China and India to cap their emissions.  The problem of global warming is a major problem that needs to be addressed immediately...if not, who know's where we will be in the future or even if a future will exist.