Kyoto Treaty

[Undertoad]

You first, hypocrite

[xoxoxoBruce]

We could make a pretty good dent in it by throwing all the illegals out. Since 1990 (base year) our population has skyrocketed from 249 million to 301 million. A large part of this is illegals and their spawn (legals). No wonder emissions are up.

[Phil]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

You first, hypocrite

I'm well aware of the hypocrisy, but my point was to bring the big industries into line would go a long way to encouraging the average Joe to do their part, e.g., recycling, saving energy etc.
If the USA would sign the treaty, perhaps that would set an example to the American public.
btw, our Govt is the hypocrite, not me.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

You first, hypocrite

Originally Posted by first link

A DTI spokeswoman said the UK's total carbon dioxide emissions, including the contribution from homes, cars and air travel, was now expected to total some 529 million tons by 2010.
That is 10.6 per cent below their level in 1990 - but compared with the Government's own target of a 20 per cent cut - or even the 12 per cent reduction required to meet Kyoto, they are not meeting requirements.

Their goal was 20, and their obligation was 12, but they got 10.6. How did the US, with no goal or obligation, do, as a reference for comparison? Is the 10% reduction just a result of natural technological adoption, or did they do something to get there?