Francois:

And besides, as we speak and by the end of the week, China will have built at least one more coal fired, not carbon capture ready, power plant probably without the latest pollution control equipment much less any hope of capturing carbon.

Let's be real. It does not matter what Switzerland or the rest of Europe does as long as we permit this steady march to Armageddon to continue. Maybe we are making ourselves feel good through our personal virtue but unless we stop these coal plants now, we are totally screwed.

Even with the United States on board, which is a big if, and even if we all started walking and riding bicycles tomorrow morning, this problem simply cannot be solved without China and India on board. I understand China's point of view. We, in the Western world has been spewing out this crap since the industrial revolution. Telling them to stop now is unfair.

But what is the alternative. Switzerland could simply disappear tomorrow and it wouldn't make a bit of difference in the future temperature of the planet.