> Sam wrote: > From 2002 2005 it goes up. Are you trying to say Kyoto has done more > harm than good? I'm not, just that it might not be the solution. >
No, I'm telling you what the data mathematically says but you don't the education to understand what I'm telling you. I'll try it one last time, here's the mathematical key: "Emissions of CO2, the most problematic GHG, were 4.4% above 1990 levels for the EU-15. Compared to 2003, CO2 emissions increased by 0.6 %" Math, not opinion, says that the *rate of growth* decade over decade had *decreased*. Again, that's what the data says you presented, not my opinion. I'll try an analogy you might understand: --------------------------------------------------------------- Let's say I punch you 10 times the first minute, 15 times the second minute, and 20 times the third minute. Your wife then grabs one arm and in the fourth minute I punch you 22 times. She could accurately state that the rate I'm punching you is still increasing and inaccurately conclude that therefore her efforts have had no effect. In reality her efforts *have* had an effect: she's decrease the rate of punches from 5/minute to 2/minute. You can spin that 3 ways: 1.) You way: since the punch rate is still increasing there's no effect. 2.) The EU way: punch rate is still increasing and you need to do more. 3.) The reality: grabbing my arm has slowed the punch rate and therefore is of some use to you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226711 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
