basically they are not going to do very much about that till 2030? this is the big problem that critics have with the paris climate deal and other related initiatives and the kyoto accords before that is that it puts so much burden on the united states and western europe and other advanced economies that have actually reduced their carbon output. the united states achieved that by in large by the natural gas revolution that occurred with fracking, so that you have a decline in coal use and more natural gas, a little bit has come from renewables. that was technology. that wasn t government regulation. anyway, china continues to increase its carbon output frankly because i think it is not as concerned as the western elite you see gathering in glasgow about the threat of climate change or the correlation of human carbon output to that change. eric: he did address and acknowledge the rise in gas prices here in our country. here s what the president said about the issue of gasoline.