On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 12:12:16 -0800 (PST) Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Moving to general (at least trying to...) > > > > The greenhouse effect is no more than a theory. A popular one, but > > thanks dubya. > > on the contrary its been proven, and the US is one of the few countries > that doesn't officially recognize it. The US recognizes that the climactic changes being associated with the current thing called greenhouse have occurred. What they do not agree with (me too) is that they are the direct result of human activity, nor that imposing quotas on producer countries (even adjustable with a possibility to sell off ones unused quota) is a solution. Producers are penalized, not consumers. You may argue: set the producers straight and the consumers will be sorted out as well. What effect on the already fragile world opinion would it be for the US to use up its quota for products only available in the US? After all, that market would come first (it has the most to spend). What is needed is not some half-baked 'plan' to curb emissions that is not enforceable and that has major drawbacks out of the box. Who knows. Maybe humans are part of some greater plan that is actually meant to release all those trapped fluorocarbons that have been layed down over the eons. The short term effects are change. But in the long run, who knows? Who are we to mess with possible plans bigger than any of us? -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
