The Copenhagen Climate Change meeting has come and gone and 192 nations couldn't come up with any agreement to set in stone that they'd be bound to adhere to by international law.

While I don't like that no agreement came out of the talks, I can understand both China's and the USA's positions on these matters.

When there is any agreement between world nations there needs to be some sort of verification that everybody is playing fair. Independent bodies would have to be able to go into a participating country and verify that their carbon emissions are actually what they say they are.

But carbon emissions calculations have been made into a very complicated matter. When deciding just how much carbon emissions a country is allowed to produce, many things are taken into consideration. The most important thing that is taken into consideration is the country's economy.

An economic measurement means plunging into a very wide swath of a country's data. If China was to allow an independent body to measure their economy, China would have to open up just about every door they've historically kept shut.

Opening these doors poses a big problem for China because long before the United States ever waged a war on Terrorism, the accepted foe was communism. Although China claims to be a socialist country, it is still regarded by many as one of the last remaining communist countries of the world.

Historically, once the USA gets their foot in the door of a communist country, it doesn't take long before the communist government fails.

Nobody can expect that the single country with the largest economy in the world would want to tie one hand behind their back while other strong countries are left with both. I'm sure this is why why US President Obama did not agree to any deal without China agreeing to independent verification.

Maybe what can come out of this meeting is the recognition that we should not be attaching a monetary figure to carbon or carbon emissions. That another method, based less on economy, should be used to determine the amount of carbon emissions a country is allowed to produce.