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Originally Posted by maat55
I have to ask, are you in favor of the Kyoto Protocol? IMO, this is nothing more than an huge scientific funding expedition. Everyone knows that the earth warms and cools naturally. I do believe we should not pollute our environment, but not at the cost of colapsing our economy. From what I've heard, livestock methaine gas has more effect than oil, but that i'm not sure of.
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The Kyoto protocol is a good first step, but I agree with several people that China and India have to follow the protocol too. Under the current protocol, they would be left out. However, China is on pace to overtake us in the CO2 department soon. Then again, China is also voraciously buying up all the wind turbines and now supplies more of its energy through wind than we do.
So I guess in IMHO, the protocol is better than nothing, but far from perfect. The reality of the situation is that the U.S. has to step up and be a leader here rather than trying to deny the problem.