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http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/07s1317.xlsThat's a spreadsheet provided by the U.S. government (who you can right now dispute this whole article by calling the spreadsheet bunk, if you'd like since it comes from the government).... the spreadsheet documents carbon dioxide emissions by the consumption of fossil fuels in countries around the world. If you compare emissions standards from 1997 when Kyoto was introduced, to 2004, the last year info is available, you find the following.Since the Kyoto treaty was introduced, and since the United States chose not to sign it, Worldwide Emissions have increased by 18.0%. So the Kyoto treaty has been ineffective at stopping polution, although you could argue that it would have been even worse without the treaty.Next, emissions from the countries that actually SIGNED the Kyoto treaty, agreeing to cut emissions, have increased by 21.1%! What happened there? Well, apparently the only people that signed it were the people that had a beneficial reason TO sign it, and they didn't adjust any of their emissions... and so they have a higher than average increase in emissions than the average of all the countries listed in the report.Now, the interesting part is, emissions from countries that DID NOT SIGN the treaty.... only increased by 10.0%. What's up with that??? ... most of the countries that agreed not to sign the treaty did so because of unfair punishments on western world countries, i.e. Australia, America, etc.... while countries like China would be allowed to polute as much as they want with no ill effect globally. So those that didn't sign it, on average, had emissions grow slower than those that DID sign the treaty.Finally, where is the U.S. in all this? Al Gore has been flying, in a jumbo jet, all around the world calling the U.S. the worst polluter in the world, blah blah fucking blah, when since Kyoto was introduced the U.S. has increased carbon emissions by 6.6%. Far below the average of those who signed, or did not sign the treaty. So, in the end, the U.S. has been far more effective in cutting carbon emissions than the average of every single country that signed the treaty! What the FUCK? I'm not saying that the U.S. has the lowest amount of Carbon emisssions, I'm saying that comparitively, they are doing a great job at working to reduce those emissions. Nobody can see that though for the amount of political and financial based bullshit you hear in the news.
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http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/07s1317.xlsFinally, where is the U.S. in all this? Al Gore has been flying, in a jumbo jet, all around the world calling the U.S. the worst polluter in the world, blah blah fucking blah, when since Kyoto was introduced the U.S. has increased carbon emissions by 6.6%. Far below the average of those who signed, or did not sign the treaty. So, in the end, the U.S. has been far more effective in cutting carbon emissions than the average of every single country that signed the treaty! What the FUCK? I'm not saying that the U.S. has the lowest amount of Carbon emisssions, I'm saying that comparitively, they are doing a great job at working to reduce those emissions. Nobody can see that though for the amount of political and financial based bullshit you hear in the news.
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iraq would just get annexed by iran
Quote from: Trauma-san on December 20, 2007, 08:04:48 AMhttp://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/07s1317.xlsFinally, where is the U.S. in all this? Al Gore has been flying, in a jumbo jet, all around the world calling the U.S. the worst polluter in the world, blah blah fucking blah, when since Kyoto was introduced the U.S. has increased carbon emissions by 6.6%. Far below the average of those who signed, or did not sign the treaty. So, in the end, the U.S. has been far more effective in cutting carbon emissions than the average of every single country that signed the treaty! What the FUCK? I'm not saying that the U.S. has the lowest amount of Carbon emisssions, I'm saying that comparitively, they are doing a great job at working to reduce those emissions. Nobody can see that though for the amount of political and financial based bullshit you hear in the news. if that is not spin i don't know what the fuck is how can an INCREASE be called a CUT?