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To: tejek who wrote (236679)6/10/2005 6:30:00 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1580191
 
"First.......do you think because 95 people voted against Kyoto that that makes everything okay?"

I think it makes the treaty a worthless piece of paper in the US.

"Secondly, the WH policy has been influenced by an oil company."

WH policy on the subject is irrelevant. Oil company opinions are irrelevant. The Senate rejected the treaty back in the 1990's. You want the WH to disregard US law and impose a treaty not a single Senator would vote for. The way our system works is treaties are ratified by the Senate. Our country is governed by our laws, which ratified treaties become. Our country is not governed by the whims of liberals who think they know what is good for us. (Well at least it shouldn't be.)

"Does that not concern you at all at a time when global warming is a real issue and the price of oil is going through the roof?"

IMO we'll know whether global warming is a real concern a few hundred years from now. BTW, you should be happy the price of oil is going through the roof as that discourages consumption.

"Thirdly, this country needs to own up to how much it consumes."

Public knowledge. In time China and India will consume more than we do. BTW the Kyoto treaty would have allowed that - apparently only American, European, Japanese carbon emissions cause global warming.