Kyoto Accords Has U S Grass Roots Support
In February 2005, the Kyoto Accords was ratified by 141 countries. America did not sign the agreement. The Accords specify that the countries reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions to levels 7% below those of 1990 by 2012.
President Bush declined to sign because of a possible job loss of 5 million and a rise in energy costs. Well we got the energy rise anyway because of not seeking an alternative to oil which Kyoto encourages. Job losses? Indeed we lost the opportunity to create millions of jobs in pursuing cutting edge research and products to implement those protocols.
Fortunately local politicians throughout America are not as dense as "What me Worry?" Bush. Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle, Wa. has led a national campaign to follow the Kyoto directives. He has been joined by 130 mayors ( republicans & democrats) in 35 states which includes 30 million residents. From adopting hybrid transit systems, wind power, reduction of diesel emmisions by catalytic convertors, reduced idling of ships and trucks and simply raising the issues and making it public policy are all positive steps.
Relevance. One word that is key to a politicians's future. Our national government has lost relevance to a lot of us. Whether it be policies of education, foreign policy objectives, immigration, and cost of government. Local and state goals should take the lead.
Local solutions stop national problems.
President Bush declined to sign because of a possible job loss of 5 million and a rise in energy costs. Well we got the energy rise anyway because of not seeking an alternative to oil which Kyoto encourages. Job losses? Indeed we lost the opportunity to create millions of jobs in pursuing cutting edge research and products to implement those protocols.
Fortunately local politicians throughout America are not as dense as "What me Worry?" Bush. Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle, Wa. has led a national campaign to follow the Kyoto directives. He has been joined by 130 mayors ( republicans & democrats) in 35 states which includes 30 million residents. From adopting hybrid transit systems, wind power, reduction of diesel emmisions by catalytic convertors, reduced idling of ships and trucks and simply raising the issues and making it public policy are all positive steps.
Relevance. One word that is key to a politicians's future. Our national government has lost relevance to a lot of us. Whether it be policies of education, foreign policy objectives, immigration, and cost of government. Local and state goals should take the lead.
Local solutions stop national problems.
posted by Barry Leonardini at 1:56 PM
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From the BBC...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1252556.stm
"Kyoto, agreed in Japan in 1997, targets carbon-rich gases - mainly the by-product of burning oil, gas and coal - that some scientists believe could catastrophically change weather patterns.
It commits 38 industrialised countries to an overall cut of 5.2% of these "greenhouse gases" by 2010, compared with their 1990 levels.
Developing nations are included in the treaty, but are excluded from emission quotas on economic grounds. This failure to demand emission quotas from developing nations is one of the main objections raised by the Bush administration to the Kyoto accord."
As far as I am concerned Kyoto is based on junk science. Where does the CO2 emission number come from? If it’s the amount of refined fossil fuel burned then the US takes the lead. If you are destroying air quality by burning the rain forest is that counted?
Is Kyoto supposed to be about clean air or wealth redistribution? What Kyoto is really about is hamstringing the US economy so that the socialist Disneyland called the EU can have a chance of competing. We already know how little the Europeans plan to honor their word, just look at the backdoor deals they made with Saddam!
As far as local communities taking charge, that’s great. That’s the way it should be. Communities that want industry can have it and those who don’t can lobby for a government handout. Maybe they can make “No Nukes” bumper stickers.
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