China CO2 Emissions Growing Faster Than Anticipated

A few months ago I read in POWER Magazine, a trade publication, how China has passed the US in carbon emissions, and that if the Congress decided to go with a cap-and-trade program as the way to combat climate change, it would be putting the country at an economic disadvantage:

It’s time we realized that coal combustion will be increasing in China and India for decades to come. If we spend trillions over those same decades to reduce our CO2 emissions in ways that drive up power costs, the only guaranteed outcome is that China and India are going to eat more of our economic lunch.

Now National Geographic is confirming this:

China's greenhouse gas emissions are rising much faster than expected and will overshadow the cuts in global emissions expected due to the Kyoto Protocol, according to a new study.

China and India have a combined 700 coal fired plants in the works, a figure that dwarfs what the US will be adding. Cutting emissions in the States won't help much in reducing global levels if this continues. Perhaps adapting to climate change is better than trying to stabilize CO2.