Posted on 02/11/2005 8:11:39 AM PST by Pikamax
"Clouds gather over Kyoto climate pact"
Perfectly headlined.
Has to keep his little fifedom going no matter what.
If the EU's emissions trading system means Europe can reach its targets without ruining its economy...
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No problem for the EU chicken-little greenies. THEY HAVE NO ECONOMY TO RUIN!!!
Kyoto is not about reducing polution. It's about transfering money from Capitalists to Socialists.
Kyoto needs to dissipate!
Either that, or we have to elect a Democrat as president and all the problems will go away for 4 years.
Useless hypocrites, and know nothing alarmists.
Kyoto is not about reducing polution. It's about transfering money from Capitalists to Socialists.Just as Greenpeace cares much less about protecting the environment than it does about ruining economic prosperity.
I thought the same thing. They have no economy. This will make growth even worse or negative.
But just like their deficit targets, they will all cheat. Spain up 40%. Yep. All this with their 18% VAT and 6$ gas.
They could have had a treaty that meant something, if they'd wanted one. Instead, they decided to go forward without the US, China and India, and now they themselves are going to violate the treaty with impunity.
They know perfectly well that the goals of the treaty are unattainable. But it never was a "scientific" matter anyway. It's a political matter. They plan to get their brownie points from the Greens by saying, "Well, we tried."
Then they can put all the blame on the United States for their failure, much as the hippies blamed the entire failure of the Vietnam war on Nixon, even though the whole mess was engineered by Kennedy and Johnson. That way, they get their cake and eat it and they can use us as their scapegoat.
By the way, the U. S. didn't pull out of this treaty, as Reuters pretends. We never came near signing it. 95% of the Senate voted against it, but clinton and gore delayed presenting it for ratification so they, too, could have their political cake and eat it. Hypocrites all.
This is the one thing it's not.
But just like their deficit targets, they will all cheat. Spain up 40%. Yep. All this with their 18% VAT and 6$ gas.
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Yes, the EU IS IN NO WAY, an economic model FOR ANYTHING!!! I just love socialism and its "Midas touch".
And if we cut emissions by X%, a pesky volcano will blow its lid somewhere and ruin it. Then they will call for negative emissions...
"Scientists say an emissions cut of at least 60 percent is needed to prevent catastrophic impacts of climate change this century, including rising sea levels, the spread of deserts and even worse weather-related disasters."
These "scientists" are out of a job if they can't convince us that the end of the world is at hand. We've had global warming since before the great lakes. I'm all for it, there'll still be places to ski and play in the snow for those of us who enjoy cold weather.
Exactly, income redistribution on a worldwide scale.
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