Wednesday, March 30, 2005

The Kyoto Protocols, an expensive feel good exercise.

Now that the countries that ratified the Kyoto treaty have to abide by it, it make less sense than ever. Destroy the environment to earn carbon credits that government trades like commodities to each other and power companies. Sound confusing?
That is whole idea.

A global bureaucracy dealing in carbon credits or emission units penalizing people for driving cars or emitting "more than your share" of greenhouse gases. The terms arbitrary and capricious come to mind.

Give our environmental group $40 to plant trees to offset your car emissions, or what? Will I be getting a bill from the UN for driving over my allotment of miles?

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