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US rules out joining Kyoto treaty

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Trauma-san:
^Thanks for the link.  There must be a hidden agenda, though... even though we're cutting gasses better than Canada, we're probably shipping them all north and blaming it on yall.  THAT FUCKING GEORGE BUSH!!!!

Ant:
"When President George W. Bush pulled out of the Kyoto process he said signing the protocol could harm the U.S. economy, and Watson said that argument has been even more persuasive since."

Bush is concerned with proposals that may hurt the American Economy?

Don Seer:
of course.. america is driven by money, its a capitalist country.. if america could make the money back (and then some) by selling "yay we signed kyoto" stickers to everyone then they would sign.

i actually agree more with the US view now than i thought i would.. just like how the "political correctness" of the 90s is starting to turn on itself.. e.g. the repeal of gay marriage rights etc..


the same thing is already happening over here with things like call centres.. they're being pushed out of the country.. its a running joke that if you call your bank you end up talking to an indian guy who is pretending to be called "steven" to sound more friendly to you.. while people who used to work in call centres are jobless.. and those that do are pushed hard to meet targets..

Woodrow:

--- Quote from: Ant on December 08, 2004, 08:06:38 AM ---"When President George W. Bush pulled out of the Kyoto process he said signing the protocol could harm the U.S. economy, and Watson said that argument has been even more persuasive since."

Bush is concerned with proposals that may hurt the American Economy?

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You get thoroughly schooled, and the only thing you can do is come back on the economy?! I thought this topic was about the Kyoto Treaty?!

Get the fuck outta here.

Woodrow:

--- Quote from: Don Rizzle on December 08, 2004, 04:32:05 AM ---your looking at it from a very one sided point of view. the idea is to cut emmission whcih won't necessarily mean factories will move elsewhere, but to add in the cost of the damage to the enviroment into the price which the consumer pays where market forces have failed to do this. its also to encourage developing nations to do more, we'd be hyporcrits if we asking them to cut emissions but not doing anything ourselves, plus its the developed nations who produce by far the most emmissions so we should really be working on reducing the problems not brushing them aside like the worlds worst poluter does. if america can't afford to cut emmissions then their markets are failing and should have governemnt subsidies to encourage them too or they should leave that industry its as simple as that.

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Show me some hard numbers that show the Kyoto treaty will do anything significant, other than redistribute wealth around the world and then we'll talk.

You have a hard enough time understanding the English language. How do you expect to understand international treaties and their nuances?

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