At 07:13 PM 8/1/01 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>But this is just the start. Yes there was a great deal of posturing and yes
>some of the countries signed on knowing that the US would not but that is
not
>the point. The US could have had a huge say in the way the treaty was
>crafted. We still can but not if we sit on the sidelines.
Bzzt, thanks for playing, Bob.
The US *did* negotiate this Treaty in good faith for several years under
the Clinton Administration. The Europeans, however, rebuffed all of our
attempts at compromise, including rejecting the principle of tradeable
emissions credits, and rejecting the principle of using carbon sinks to
reduce emissions. The Europeans told us that these points were
non-negotiable and sent us home. Of course, these points have apparently
suddenly become negotiable again - as soon as the US left the Kyoto
process. Surprise, surprise, I wonder what the reason for that could be?
Hmmmmmmmmmmm?
None of this, of course, changes the fact that one of the core principles
of Kyoto is exempting the developing world from emissions requirements, and
that every US Senator is on voting record as rejecting any Treaty that does
not impose at least some emissions requirements on every country. In other
words, Kyoto was dead as soon as the ink was dry on the paper in Japan.
>Bush's decision is incredibly short sighted.
Correction, the decision of George Bush and every single US Senator is
short-sighted in your opinion.
JDG
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