Not just Canada... http://www.science.org.au/nova/054/054key.htm
-----Original Message----- From: Stephen A. Lawrence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 9:58 PM To: Vortex Subject: Is Kyoto really this flimsy? (Let's ignore for the moment the fact that the USA isn't in Kyoto and that it's arguably pointless from the get-go as a result -- this question pertains only the countries which _are_ in it.) I recently ran across an article claiming that the course Canada is currently planning to take to satisfy the Kyoto accord is to, basically, do nothing, and then buy their way out by massive purchases of CO2 credits. This was an editorial in LeDevoir; I think they're reliable but haven't been reading them long enough to be completely sure. Original article at http://www.ledevoir.com/2005/04/16/79517.html Now, if Canada can do this, presumably other industrialized nations can do it too -- in which case the whole treaty seems like a pointless exercise. Or is the Canada plan predicated on the assumption that nobody else is going to try the same thing, since if everybody wants to be a net buyer the price of a credit could be expected to head for the moon? Anybody here been following this one? -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.15 - Release Date: 05/04/16
