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2005-02-13 China-Japan-Koreas

Kyoto Protocol's birthplace Japan yet to reconcile economy and ecology

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Posted by tipper 2005-02-13 1:07:09 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 *snicker* (a guffaw would be impolite, y'see)

Posted by trailing wife 2005-02-13 12:24:06 PM|| 2005-02-13 12:24:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 A nice example of how Kyoto results in increased CO2 emissions as energy intensive industries like steel migrate from developed energy efficient countries to less energy efficient countries that don't have to reduce CO2 emissions under Kyoto.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-13 12:53:50 PM|| 2005-02-13 12:53:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 The 1990 numbers are largely sloppy self-inflicted estimates. But now the fools that signed on are going to be increasingly bound by those very-real numbers and increasingly by very-real measurements.

"this will be very expensive to Japan,"
Indeed. Please pass the popcorn.

Posted by Tom 2005-02-13 1:44:43 PM|| 2005-02-13 1:44:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Whatn I find funny is the U.S. CO2 emisions are about 30% lees than 20 years ago.

Posted by raptor 2005-02-13 4:46:45 PM|| 2005-02-13 4:46:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Raptor, I think you mean 30% less per unit of GDP.

Posted by phil_b 2005-02-13 7:50:56 PM|| 2005-02-13 7:50:56 PM|| Front Page Top

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