小布什犯的最大错误

作者：麦克西

在我的印象里，小布什是美国历史上最“笨”，最“没有能力”的总统之一。他曾是公认的花花公子，虽常青藤大学毕业，却一直靠着有钱、有势、有能力的老爸及他的部下们“为生。”他能以C的成绩上耶鲁和哈佛，都和他老爸有关系。他公开说，他不喜欢读书，也不读报，所以经常出语法、地理等常识性口误。在美国众多的总统里，他是度假最多，最长的总统之一，比他的前几任的总和还多。他在位时动不动就往他的德州农场跑。他宁可在农场劈柴、开皮卡，也不愿为老百姓“熬点夜，”多干点活。这样的“人才”能当好总统吗？果然，他的政绩体现了他的“才能。”

他在2000-2008当美国总统八年，犯过很多错。其中包括，疏忽防恐政策、没有阻止9.11，误打伊拉克等等。但他最大的错误是没有对地球变暖这个世界性环境问题加以重视，甚至轻视。这是一家网站对他的环保政策的评价：（his environmental policies）dismantling safeguards, ignoring climate concerns, marginalizing sound science and catering to industries that endangered Americans' health and natural heritage.

他一上台就把克林顿总统时公布的好几个环境命令废除掉。他以会影响国内经济为理由，拒绝签订有141个国家签字的Kyoto Treaty，使美国成为西方发达国家里唯一没有签订Kyoto Treaty的两个国家之一（另一个是澳大利亚）。他不仅不愿做二氧化碳减排的世界领导，反对Kyoto Treaty，还公开引起发达国家和发展中国家之间为减碳的争议、相互指责。结果谁也不想走出减碳的第一步。这种影响很深远。直到今天，减碳也举步维艰。就好象在一条已大量入水的船上，船员们不去排水、堵洞，却仍在为谁该为漏水负比较大的责任而争论不休。

人类已走到了一个几乎不可能回头的边缘。这一百多年里，人类把地下深埋的碳燃料烧了接近一半。再过50-100年可能再把另一半也快烧完。地球变暖后对世界的影响是全球性的，只和排碳总量和总速度有关，而和国家之间历史上排碳的相对多少没有关系。随着时间的推移，因为没有哪个大国家站出来领导减碳，我们已离Point of No Return越来越近。

值得万幸的是，美国有较好的制度。一个才能不怎么样的总统，最多也只能折腾八年。有人会问，为啥咱们美国大众就这么傻，当初选了这么一位总统呢？请读相关文章：

纪念9.11：一场婚外情几乎毁灭美国

不过我们对小布什也应当一分为二。他也有他的优点，也做过一些好事。但那不是本文的课题。也许以后再聊。

 

附：小布什在位期间的能源和地球变暖政策

原文：http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/airenergy.asp

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