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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (11895)	4/19/2001 9:13:24 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Actually, Europe won't ratify because they are seeking advantage. The US has vast forests which negate industrial CO2. Europe refuses to look at the facts. ....The (Kyoto) treaty, from nearly every perspective, was disastrous. The cost to American consumers, according to the Energy Information Administration, could total as much as $115 billion a year. Negotiations over the treaty had stalled, largely because the Europeans refused to go along with the sensible American point that if we count everything that adds carbon dioxide to the air, we must also count things that subtract carbon dioxide, such as America's many forests and farms. Meanwhile, huge debates still rage in the scientific community over how serious a problem global warming might turn out to be. In short, Mr. Bush's repudiation of this flawed treaty made good political and diplomatic sense. In 1997, the Senate voted 95-0 to reject any climate treaty that didn't hold developing countries to the same standard as the U.S. That meant Kyoto was already dead in the water, as it specifically failed to include some of the world's major emitters of greenhouse gases. Moreover, Mr. Bush's rejection of Kyoto has already had the salutary effect of getting politicians to rethink their approach and craft new, more reasonable proposals. If Mr. Bush decides to proceed with climate change negotiations this July in Bonn, he can be satisfied that his rejection of Kyoto has already resulted in a fairer deal for American consumers and in major improvements in whatever schemes finally emerge. It pays to be tough.... interactive.wsj.com