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| YJCMTSU : Kyoto Protocol Destroyed The Ozone |
| 2007-08-16 |
| We now learn that the biggest emissions-cutting projects instituted under the Kyoto Protocol have contributed greatly to destroying our ozone layer. Oh great ... here we go with that ozone layer stuff again. This report, by the way, from the U.N. The emissions projects directly increased production of gases, which destroy the ozone layer. The report also says that with these projects developing countries deliberately raised their emissions of greenhouse gases just to give them some greenhouse gasses to destroy. Why? So they could claim more carbon offset credits, and get paid big bucks from rich nations. The plan, under Kyoto, is called the Clean Development Mechanism. Basically what happens is that rich countries pay poor countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions on their behalf. This little scheme is worth over $5 billion a year. The most popular Clean Development project is to destroy a potent greenhouse gas called HFC 23 ... a hydrofluotocarbon. This HFC 23 is a waste product of the manufacturing of refrigerant gas (HCFC 22), which damages the ozone as well. In India and China, chemical plants have used to money they get from offsetting the HFC 23 to ramp up production, therefore increasing the level of HCFC 22 produced. These projects to destroy HFC 23 bring in the big bucks because it is 12,000 times more potent than CO2. Even worse, the chemical plants in China have deliberately set their factories to produce more "waste" (HFC 23) in order to make more money from rich nations. Those participating in the Clean Development Mechanism produce twice as much HFC 23 then the actual end product – the refrigerant fluid, which also destroys the ozone. Countries not participating in the project produce an equal proportion of waste to fluid. We're being scammed ... in the name of global warming. We deserve it for signing on to that absurd cultist mania. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #2 The ozone is destroyed? Then what's that shit in the air around here on super-hot days that causes the DEQ to issue a Code Red air alert? The name escapes me - I coulda sworn it started with an "O".... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-08-16 19:20 |
| #1 Looks like Bush was smarter than we thought when he shot down the Kyoto treaty for the US. (Well, actually he didn't, because it was Bill Clinton who never bothered to send it to the Senate for ratification because they had already voted something like 99-0 to reject any treaty that exempted countries like India and China) |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-08-16 13:45 |