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2004-11-19 International-UN-NGOs

Kyoto Protocol to take effect from Feb. 16

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Posted by Steve White 2004-11-19 12:09:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Have fun ya all.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-19 12:22:24 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-11-19 12:22:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This is all for show. They will all now proceed to ignore it, just as the French and Germans ignore EU fiscal mandates.

Posted by PBMcL 2004-11-19 12:36:04 AM|| 2004-11-19 12:36:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually they can't measure greenhouse gas emissions and they are not even sure they can measure the trend accurately.

Posted by phil_b 2004-11-19 1:44:53 AM|| 2004-11-19 1:44:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 In some ways,having Kyoto go into place will be better for US than when it wasn't ratified. Before US was villain for stopping Kyoto. Now US can say "We'll be happy to join as soon as you show us it works. Show us how an industrial country gets under the limits and how much it costs. Show us that penalties are enforced on countries that cannot make their limits. Show us that it works and we'll be happy to join. Until then,good luck."

Posted by Stephen 2004-11-19 1:45:40 AM|| 2004-11-19 1:45:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Unfortunately, we are going to get plenty of experience. U.S. companies have lots of subsidiaries in these 128 countries.

Posted by Tom 2004-11-19 7:17:03 AM|| 2004-11-19 7:17:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Which most will promptly move or close if it's unworkable or unprofitable Tom. If it's making them money then they may learn something.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-11-19 8:11:21 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-11-19 8:11:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Not from Red China, SPoD: one of the main irritants we had with Kyoto was that it let the Red Chinese off the hook in exchange for their signing of it: Unlike the United states, who could be screamed at with impunity if it refused to sign, they knew that screaming at the Red Chinese would be counterproductive and possibly hazardous if the treaty was uniformly applied to everyone...

Posted by Ptah 2004-11-19 10:17:08 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-11-19 10:17:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 IIRC - most 3rd world countries were exempt - India, China, Mexico (? - all with the worst emission protections.....This was only a Lilliputian attempt to strangle America's economic engine. We already employ the cutting edge technology these grunts will still be promising to implement 30 yrs from now

Posted by Frank G 2004-11-19 10:32:31 AM|| 2004-11-19 10:32:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 The Kyoto Protocol to combat global warming will take effect from February 16,..

Not here, thankfully.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-19 12:16:35 PM|| 2004-11-19 12:16:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Isn't most 'global warming emissions' from cow (or cattle) farts or burps or something like that?

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-11-19 12:21:28 PM|| 2004-11-19 12:21:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 *snicker*

Posted by 2b 2004-11-19 12:21:55 PM|| 2004-11-19 12:21:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 *phew* At least it won't immediately halt global warming in the middle of winter. I fully expect it to drop to whatever temperature 'The Scientists' believe to be 'Normal' on Feb 17, though. Brr... I'll bundle up.
(/sarcasm)

Posted by eLarson 2004-11-19 2:13:30 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-11-19 2:13:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Crazy Fool

I think Michael Moore's farts are a bigger contributor of greenhouse gasses.

Posted by JFM 2004-11-19 3:56:41 PM|| 2004-11-19 3:56:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Pass the popcorn, Barbara! Pooty-Poot is gonna raid Schrooge McDuck's er EU's money bin. Better thee than ye.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-11-19 10:07:14 PM|| 2004-11-19 10:07:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 With extra butter, AP. :-D

They Euros can't meet their Kyoto goals now - and they're not going to get any better.

Except at ignoring and lying about the whole thing.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-19 11:31:50 PM|| 2004-11-19 11:31:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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