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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>While there might be disagreement about whether or not man-caused global warming is occurring, there is no debate about the remedy, which is laid out in the Kyoto Protocol.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This legally binding, worldwide prescription to cure global warming would be the law of the land today had not the U.S. and Australia failed to sign on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Once there are enough believers, a current version of Kyoto will surely become international law.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We are about one-quarter inch away from that outcome right now.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>It is not easy to explain the minutia of Kyoto, but here is the mandate in a nutshell.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The U.S. will need to cut its current energy consumption by 30% within ten years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Bear in mind that the U.S. energy consumption is rising, so 30% cut from today’s rate will be a much higher cut from the rate that would be arrived at in ten years if there were no cut.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>While the poor nations pollute more than the rich nations per capita because of their lack of regulations, the poor nations pollute less than the rich nations in total.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is because the rich nations have a higher standard of living and do more manufacturing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some argue that this disparity is unfair.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Certainly Kyoto does.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It punishes the rich nations for polluting more than the poor nations, and rewards the poor nations for polluting less than the rich nations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It literally robs from the rich to give to the poor, all in the name of fairness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia>Some people decry the lack of progressiveness on the part of the U.S. for not signing onto Kyoto while the rest of the world has signed on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But there is a good reason for skepticism on the part of the U.S. because<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Kyoto will severely punish the U.S. more than any other country.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Countries like Ecuador or Pakistan will not only be exempt from punishment, but they will also be rewarded handsomely with the largess that is extracted from the U.S. and other advanced countries as punishment for their creation of greenhouse gases.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Georgia> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Georgia>I often hear people say they want to discuss global warming without the politics.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yet, global warming is nothing but politics.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s world government politics of the most insidious nature, and it’s masquerading and being sold as climate science.</FONT></SPAN>
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