What You Need to Know About The Kyoto Protocol

A lot of people don't understand why the U.S. is refusing to go along with the Kyoto protocol and blame the Bush administration for being environmentally unfriendly.

The Kyoto protocol is an agreement among nations to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other "Greenhouse Gases" they produce. Carbon dioxide is believed by some scientists to be a cause for what they think is a "Global Warming" trend.

First of all, it isn't just the Bush administration. Under the Clinton administration, the Senate voted 98 to 0 NOT to support the Kyoto protocol. Only Al Gore and a few other enviro-wackoes are staunch supporters of the protocol. No one who understands the issues supports the Kyoto protocol.

One has to wonder if the protocol was written specifically to punish the United States and other leading countries of the world. The protocol is very unfair. For instance, it would require the U.S. and other leading countries to reduce their emissions of "Greenhouse Gases" by 11% below 1992 levels.

However, the protocol would exempt China, India, and many other developing countries entirely. Also it allows the swapping of carbon dioxide credits. Countries that produce too much carbon dioxide could buy credits from countries below their limit.

BUT HERE'S WHAT THEY DON'T TELL YOU.....

While reducing "Greenhouse Gases" by 11% doesn't sound like too much, because of our growth since 1992, we would have to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels by 30%. This is HUGE!

Can you imagine what it would be like if for two days out of the week we could use no fossil fuel... no gasoline, no diesel, no jet fuel, no heating oil, no natural gas, no coal? You'd have no electricity, no transportation, no TV or radio, no telephone, no lights, no air conditioning or heating, no cooking, no restraurants, no manufacturing, no job.

Needless to say, the Kyoto protocol would destroy our economy and our way of life!

The protocol just went into effect on February 5, 2005. Many of the industrialized countries that signed the treaty are just now realizing what it is going to mean to their economies. Canada, England, Germany and many other countries don't think they will be able to meet their commitments. They are hoping they can buy enough credits to keep their economies afloat.

The Kyoto protocol has cost these economies over $22,000,000,000 since February 5, 2005. It is estimated that it will cost over 100 Trillion dollars to reduce the world's temperature by 1 degree Celius, less than 2 degrees Farenheit!

I haven't even touched on whether or not global warming is real. After studying all the evidence I can find, I am VERY SKEPTICAL! Humans and all other animals on the planet breath in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. All vegetation breathes in carbon dioxide and produces oxygen by photosynthesis. If there is an abundance of carbon dioxide one would think that there would be an increase in vegetation to bring things back into equilibrium.

Also, while 2,200 scientists who have studied the problem signed a statement claiming humans are causing global warming over 22,000 (that's ten times as many) scientists have signed a statement that refutes their findings.

For instance, just five of the largest volcanoes starting with Krakatoa in 1883 and ending with Mt. St. Helens have put more pollution into the air than man has since the Industrial Revolution. Even if we reduced our "Greenhouse Gases" to zero, Mother Nature would continue to put a lot carbon dioxide into the air.

There is strong evidence that the Earth is actually cooling not warming. We are actually heading into another Ice Age.