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| Kyoto Re-Think Needed after U.S. Unmoved - Blair |
| 2004-12-02 |
| I post this to remind you that Kyoto was brought to you courtesy of the United Nations. Kyoto is a scam so huge that its difficult to get your mind around the staggering sums of money involved. The international community must find "a different way forward" to tackle climate change because the US will not change its mind over the Kyoto protocol, Tony Blair said today. The protocol will become a legally-binding treaty in February despite the US's refusal to sign up. Its only legally binding on the signatories. But Mr Blair said without US participation there was little hope of securing the action needed to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Not true! If the signatories think its so important they can increase their CO2 cuts to make up for the USA (and Australian) non-participation. "I think everybody accepts that the American position is not going to change on Kyoto," he said. "The important thing is to get a dialogue with America on how we recognise both the scale of the problem on greenhouse gas emissions and a process that enables us to confront and deal with it." Which means? But he added: "One thing is for sure: However much we want to criticise America, without America's participation there's not much of a prospect of getting the action we require. On the other hand I don't think anyone is believing America is going to come into this themselves. What I am trying to do is find a different way forward therefore in order to handle this issue." To cut a long rant short, Kyoto is socialist conspiracy. The evidence is conclusive, CO2 cannot be the cause of climate change. I recommend this excellent site (http://www.co2science.org) for those who are interested in the subject. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #4 Most of the Kyoto signators were able Now that Putin has determined that pollution credits are good |
| Posted by: john 2004-12-02 11:41:36 AM |
| #3 Strange with all the chicken little spouting, iirc, the quality of the air and water is now better than anytime since 1970 in the US. We're working on it by ourselves without any needed coaching from others who seem to be having problems meeting even the modest goals they awarded themselves under Kyoto. Actually, I think Bush should send the damn thing to the Senate asking for a direct vote, noting that while he doesn't support it, let the representatives of the American people declare their position. |
| Posted by: Don 2004-12-02 11:08:31 AM |
| #2 One interesting bit about CO2. Plants create far more of their biomass "from the air" than "from the ground", needing only water and minerals from the soil. They have pores in their skin to absorb the CO2 to be photosynthesized into sugar. These pores open up only enough to get the optimum amount of CO2, because when they open up, water is lost. But if CO2 levels are high, the pores don't open up very much, so little water is lost, and plant roots don't need to uptake so much water from the soil. And having moister soil means that more plants can live in a given area of land. And this means that there is a direct correlation between greenhouse gases and greater plant density. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-12-02 10:04:07 AM |
| #1 That's a Good link, phil. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-12-02 9:02:14 AM |