Why do you think we should not believe in the power of the Kyoto Protocol?

Question

Hopefully, those who would answer are not after the points but the knowledge they would be able to share. I really appreciate those who would actually try to answer the question and promise to award the best answer within 24hrs.

Answer 1

Because only the pinnacle of industrialized nations would be bound by it. The restrictions are so onerous as to destroy the economies of countries such as ours and western europe's. At the same time developing countries would not be bound to the same standards. They could continue to pollute. Essentially it is a treaty that is not really about the environment but more about punishing successful countries such as ourselves and trying to eliminate the economic gap between haves and have nots through punitive measures. This is a doomed treaty.

Answer 2

Because the Kyoto Protocol calls for some countries reducing CO2 emissions to 1990 levels. At that time, the CO2 levels in the atmosphere were already on an upward slope, so the best it would do is reduce the steepness of the slope. That is OK, but not great. If you believe CO2 causes global warming (and it is necessary to stop it rather than live with it), it was only a first step. If you don't believe in global warming (or believe it is caused by changes in the sun) it is an unnecessary economic burden.

Answer 3

The Kyoto Protocol gives a blanket exemption to "developing nations" including China. Global demand for manufactured goods can be expected to remain relatively constant, so putting a barrier to production (an inevitable result of the KP) in "developed" nations will only shift the production of these products to the "less developed" countries, which actually already tend to have much more relaxed emissions laws already, particularly with regard to particulate emissions. The KP wouldn't result so much in a REDUCTION in emissions as it would simply shift the location of the SOURCE of those emissions. To the benefit, of course, of Communist China and to the detriment of the industrialized world.

I don't mean to be a conspiracy theorist here, but I honestly believe that the Kyoto Protocol was designed more as an attack on Western industry than as a defense of the Environment.

To be effective, an attempt to reduce overall industrial co2 emissions globally would require UNIVERSAL restrictions, with exemptions for nobody.

Answer 4

In my opinion,We are paying for it now about Global warming.In 1997 I heard that the developing countries attacked the developed countries that polluted the world and using and destroying resources more than any nations.Now 9 years later the Administration still not sign the Kyoto theory.The U.S. still pollutes and uses most of the world resources.Some congresses and senators in which I do not want to name still do not vote for environmental bills because,their sponsors say so,in my opinion,We are in trouble and we have no oil in the future.We already destroy the earth little by little and the scientist already came out and got dismiss by the big shot in our government,What can I say.We American do not have to believe in power of Kyoto Protocol.We just see Katrina crisis as well as tsunami then we can conclude our commonsense that we need to reduce em mission fuel and use alternative instead.Oprah had her show about helping to save the global warming and I urge you checking her web site.Oprah.com

Answer 5

The world should respect the sovereignty of each state. Let not other states occupy another state for selfish motives like exploitation of its resources in the guise of terrorism which can be solved with using invasion.

Answer 6

It's not about the polution, it's about "fixing" the economic disparity between the U.S. and everyone else.

Answer 7

I hope your wrong,, we know more now than we did in 1997

Answer 8

I do believe, and I don't care about your points.