Emission Impossible
GLOBAL WARMING POLITICS BLOG
Yet again we see what an abject waste of time the Kyoto Protocol has become. When will politicians face reality? Surprise, surprise. As London's Metro newspaper vividly reports: 'Greenhouse gas emissions at "record high"':
"The latest figures show that emissions by 40 leading industrial nations edged up to 18.2 billion tonnes in 2005 from 18.1 billion the year before, and were just 2.8 per cent below the high of 18.7 billion recorded in 1990.
In the US, which has refused to sign the Kyoto protocol, emissions were up to 7.24 billion tonnes in 2005 from 7.19 billion in 2004.
Russian emissions rose slightly to 2.13 billion tonnes in 2005 but were still far below the 3 billion seen in 1990 before the Soviet Union collapsed."
[Not to mention, of course, China et al.]
The newspaper then records a bit of realism from Our Tony: "Last night, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, addressing business leaders in Hong Kong, said: 'We will never get a global deal on climate change, a post-Kyoto accord, unless America and China are in it.'"
But think about all this for a moment. After 20 years of 'global warming' hysteria and propaganda of the most virulent form, total emissions are only 2.8 per cent below 1990-levels when Russia, not to mention the remnants of the old East Germany, were still blasting forth. If Putin's Russia regains its 1990-levels (highly likely), emissions will indeed be at an all time high. They probably are in any case, because the above figures are largely underestimates.
Bravo, Kyoto! What a success. And, inevitably, Japan's emissions are ... wait for it ... rising. So that's why politicians want everybody to ratify it?
A 60-90 per cent reduction? Emission impossible for a very, very long time. Pity about that Climate Change Bill (below, November 6) then.
Oh for some realism in the utopian politics of 'global warming'!
Time for a soothing tea.
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