Josh Halpern wrote in message ...
SwimJim wrote:

Mike1 wrote in message


(SwimJim) wrote:


He should have said "only the current Presidential Administration in
the United States is out of touch with reality" to be a little more
accurate.


Yeah, like *China* is breakin' is hind-end to sign Kyoto.



Where did I mention Kyoto? I don't support it. Being out of touch
with reality means recognizing that global warming is going to be a
problem requiring real action with solutions that work. Because I
don't think that the Kyoto Protocol is a solution that would work, I
don't support it. (However, I do support the UN Framework Treaty on
Climate Change.)


Let me respectfully disagree. Kyoto is about setting up a framework,
just as the
Montreal Protocols were originally.

I don't think the Kyoto Protocol's framework is workable. I'm going
to say this in a couple of posts, but there isn't a reward system that
does something for countries that hit their reduction targets. They
just promise to try, and current results indicate that isn't doing
much. Give them incentives and they might try a lot harder.

Jim Acker

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The great tragedy of science -- the
slaying of a beautiful hypothesis
by an ugly fact. - Thomas Huxley
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