The most powerful shaved chimp in a suit on Earth is calling on the Chinese and India to curtail their carbon emissions. Bush Jr is eyeing 2025 for change, when he and his rich oil cronies will be long gone. The Republicans ignored Kyoto completely, and grudgingly made a token gesture in 2002 where they suggested they would cut global emissions by 18 per cent within a decade, which naturally nobody adhered to. The convoluted policy actually allowed emissions to rise, but at a slower rate. Now, as Bush finally reaches his final curtain, it seems he’s going to do it our way.

Speaking at the White House Rose Garden last week - where George infamously boogied with a rhythmic Senegalese dance troupe at last year’s inaugral Malaria Awareness day - he said: “In support of this process, and based on technology advances and strong new policy, it is now time for the U.S. to look beyond 2012.

“We’ve shown that we can slow emissions growth. Today, I’m announcing a new national goal: to stop the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.”

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada is skpetical. He said: “Very early on, this President broke his promise to the American people to tackle global warming. At the behest of the big fossil energy companies, this administration has spent the last seven years undermining climate science and the search for solutions. So there is no credible reason now to believe they will suddenly make or support any proposal that is really commensurate with the world’s most pressing environmental problem.

“But I am hopeful we can work together on the development of clean, renewable and low-carbon energy resources like wind, solar and geothermal. I am working to make sure that Nevada is at the forefront of the clean energy revolution the country and the world so desperately needs.”

The Times newspaper commented: “”Bush administration officials have told Republicans in Congress that they feel pressure to act now because they fear a coming regulatory nightmare. It would be the first time Mr. Bush has called for statutory authority on the subject.”

Many Republicans believe Bush is “making a mistake.” The Times added: “Opponents said Mr. Bush could be setting off runaway legislation, particularly with Democrats in control of Congress.”

One of those who’d concur with that belief is Bush’s brother Jeb, who believes that rather than reduce oil consumption the United States should focus its effort on ‘energy security’ - which basically means reducing dependence on oil imported from hostile nations and encouraging alternative fuels

“I don’t think our policies should be based on emotion; they should be based on sound science,” he said.