Thanks to the United States of America
(take a bow, old girl. You earned it).
THE KYOTO WHAT?
In 1997, there was a hideous creature:
The Kyoto
Protocol. The goal was to limit global CO2 emissions to combat
“global warming”. The US did not ratify the treaty. Nevertheless,
the US actually met and exceeded the requirements, several years
ahead of the theoretical schedule thereof. How? Natural gas: this
cleaner burning fossil fuel replaced coal in power plants, because it
was cheaper. Nevertheless, do not expect the Sierra Club or Al Gore
to high-five Anadarko (APC), EOG, or Range Resource (RRC).
Why?
Cuz the tree-huggers wanted to do this
with nasty, annoying rules and regulations that inconvenienced and
angered all citizens multiple times daily. Also, by suppressing
corporate profits, who are raping the earth's resources in their view
of the world. For these people, achieving their goal via Adam Smith
and Milton Friedman is a false victory.
EXCEPT FOR ONE THING...
China
and India (OK, 2 things). See, in the original accords, these 2
countries were totally exempt and were entitled to spew out as much
global warming gases as they pleased. Each country today pollutes the
atmosphere with more CO2 than the USA, but produces much less “stuff”
than our country. Yet, the tree-huggers were OK with this.
Why?
Cuz a
developing country that pollutes is OK, but a rich country (US or the
EU collectively) polluting is totally wrong. “Developing”
countries argued that they should have a chance at grabbing the
economic brass ring before being hobbled by onerous environmental
regs. The egalitarian tree-huggers agreed.
YOU CANNOT DISAGREE WITH THE TRUTH
All
scientific groups, including NASA, agree that our planet has been
cooling
for the past 2 decades. It is an incontrovertible fact that “global
warming” is not an incontrovertible fact.
Whew!
Done and done! Time to bust into that six-pack in the frig.
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