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To: FaultLine who wrote (70748)	2/1/2003 1:56:42 AM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Nice article, thanks. The situation in Canada highlights another issue with Kyoto. Canada is going to pass, sign, agree to and ratify the Kyoto treaty. In effect, a Prime Minister from Quebec, the largest hydro producer on the planet is telling Alberta, the largest oil producer in Canada, to suck it up. There is a huge political cost for signing Kyoto. There is always a low level western seperatist feeling and Kyoto fuel that fire quite a bit. Not enough to take seperation seriously but enough to create a political deficit in Alberta. The federal government owes Alberta one and they will collect sometime. If you are going to use that much political goodwill, you better have the right program. Unfortunately, Kyoto is an inpractable compromise that won't work. At some point you are going to have to go back and correct Kyoto and the political damage caused by signing on in the first place will make the either very difficult or very expensive. It is a tough issue and compromised solutions won't get the job done. Of couse, sticking out your middle finger to the world when not signing Kyoto can cause some political damage as well. Paul