Excerpts from recent meeting on the Indo -Us Nuclear Deal:


(The chief figures are Walter. T. Hugo and Salahuddin Arumani, from the US and Indo side respectively.)

Sal.A : I believe that you mentioned some issues which need to be....resolved.

W.T.Hugo :Right. To be resolved. Yes. Now there have been some amendments to this little agreement of ours. Non negotiable of course.

Sal. A: (flips through the pages) But this is a very late stage for bringing about amendme.....What?!? This is preposterous.

W.T.Hugo: Just fulfilling our duty, as global leader, towards reducing greenhouse emissions....

Sal.A: By banning us from using petrol engines?!?

W.T.Hugo: Actually any fossil fuel based engines. You see, India contributes to over 3% of the global greenhouse emissions. That is just unacceptable....

Sal.A : The US spews more than 25% of all emissions!!!

W.T.Hugo: Ah. Yes. Irrelevant details. This is not about us. It is about you. Let us together take this small step....

Sal.A: Together?!? And what are we supposed to do without engines??

W.T.Hugo: Well, you have a lot of cows, don't you? Very efficient, I hear.

Sal.A: ........

W.T.Hugo: Glad you agree with me. Also, now you wont be needing that Iran pipeline anymore. So why don't you just call off that deal and while you are at it, brand them as 'Evil'...

Sal.A: What!! Why??

W.T.Hugo: Well....there was that incident at that place. And there was this guy. And they have that thing.....you know what I mean. Clearly 'Evil'.

Sal.A: ........

W.T.Hugo: I knew we would see each other eye to eye on this. Oh...and one more thing. We would like to re title these talks as Use-India....err....I mean US-Indo Agreement. A small thing really.

Sal.A: But....but....

W.T.Hugo: Oh my. Will you look at the time...well, have to be going now, ol' chap. Nice talking to you. Cheerio.

[With that, the US envoy hurries out.]

Assistant [to Sal.A]: Sir, what do we do now?

Sal.A: Sigh.....bring up the cows. Its a long ride back home.


[ The above excerpts and the characters involved are purely products of my imagination. The following, however, are actual excerpts.
Increased awareness of the scientific findings surrounding global warming has resulted in political and economic debate. Poor regions, particularly Africa, appear at greatest risk from the suggested effects of global warming, while their actual emissions have been negligible compared to the developed world, reports The New York Times.^[50] At the same time, developing country exemptions from provisions of the Kyoto Protocol have been criticized by the United States and been used as part of its justification for continued non-ratification.

The United States is the world's largest energy consumer and biggest producer of greenhouse gas emissions, spewing about a fourth of all global warming emissions, with emissions in the year 2004, according to a study, achieving record levels.Scientists in Britain condemned the increase, saying that it showed how the US was failing to take a lead in the international attempt to curb greenhouse gas emissions despite being the worst offender.

Sources: http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/38984/story.htm
.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article358583.ece