Why doesn't the U.S. want to sign kyoto agreement?

Answer 1

Economics as others have stated and the fact, even acknowledged by the people that support it, that it will make absolutely no measurable difference. It will only hurt the US economy and help others.

Answer 2

Because the Kyoto is STUPID

what with methane hydrate (oceanic rock) in the quantity equal to 6(SIX) time the planet's breathable oxygen !

Industrial contamination do not come to the tonnage that meteor showers bring in to the air.

The U.S. would go along , if the Kyoto was not so stupid.

_ B.) also ask yourself how much banned , and dangerous substances go into the environment in 2nd and 3rd world countries simply because it escapes the Law. (Regardless if Europe purposefully manufacture off-shore for this reason !!)

Here , is 2 reasons not quoted in any publication.

The Kyoto has no solution ,, neither reconciles the blind spots of the local Laws. So , if titanium ascorbyle arsenic cannot be measured by the local authority ,, they "Pass". But , where the United Stated government can measure , the "must measure" and document. Whatever you document , you are liable.

Nonsense. !!

It costs the 3rd world nothing to be "Kyoto" and "Pass" simply by being stupid themselves !!

C'mon.



** (The Kyoto is an European collective to curb the American industrial machine ,, I'ld say. ) (And so does their ISO < suck)

** England is on our side !

The objectives are , in my knowledge , a farce AND technically either useless or redundant.

Answer 3

I just watched about it this afternoon. If I can recall, it was because the Kyoto agreement was only carried out in developing countries and that it would greatly hurt the U.S.'s economy.

Answer 4

the U.S. doesn't want to sign the kyoto agreement/protocol mostly for economical reasons. the protocol uses what they call 'economic incentive' to carry out its goal of reducing greenhouse gases. each country is given credits which would represent the amount of gases they can emit. should they emit more than what is allotted, they'd have to buy credits from another country who emitted less than their respective amount. of course, the U.S. wouldn't stand for that especially since it can harm their economy as well as put businesses and many jobs in jeopardy. for an industry to function, energy production, various industrial processes, mobile combustion among other processes are involved. And with of the aforementioned processes, emission of gases, mostly if not all G.H.G.’s, are involved. By limiting the energy needed by a certain industry to function, one would be sending this company into economic suicide thereby costing a lot of people jobs which can harm the overall economy of the country

they're more reasons to that but its mostly economical ones. also they're really a lot of discrepancies on the agreement it self. for example, it's non-binding. U.S. signed it but in no way are they obligated to ratify it. To sign it is to agree to it basically, it doesn't call you to act.

Answer 5

Because it penalizes the U.S. but lets other big polluters, especially China, totally off the hook. Under the treaty China has no responsibilities at all, they are just agreeing to accept money from the U.S. without curbing their increasing pollution, which is increasing at 3 times the rate of the US and which will be worse than the U.S. in less than 30 years if the trend continues.

Answer 6

Basic science
Common Sense
Economics

Enviornmental control action has become almost a religious topic with advocates. It's a little akin to asking why doesn't the U.S. adopt Islam as the state religion.