Comment Everyone's Wrong (Score 1) 1580
I think you all should take a look at the facts before chastizing president bush. On the outside, it seem that he is making a bad decision. I thought at first that he was an idiot, but then when I looked at the facts, I realized that he may be making the right decision.
You may think that the Kyoto treaty is reducing the overall worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. The fact is the Kyoto Treaty only shifts the opportunity for pollution from the current Industrialized countries to the non-industrialized countries. There are no output limitations put on Countries that currently do not have a problem with high volumes of pollution output. And that is exactly why we have not ratified the treaty. For ratification would means that we are setting ourselves up for having to pay large penalties for non-compliances, while other countries are being given the opportunity to attract "our" industries. For imposing the regulations on the Industry in the industrialized world simply means that the industry will find another place where they will be allowed to pollute... leaving us with high levels of unemployment. All other countries, including Europe are all after weakening our economic position. Just ask your self the question: Which other countries have a self imposed Vehicle Emission testing system in place. For we all know that vehicle emissions are actually the main culprit in this Pollution problem.
You may think that the Kyoto treaty is reducing the overall worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. The fact is the Kyoto Treaty only shifts the opportunity for pollution from the current Industrialized countries to the non-industrialized countries. There are no output limitations put on Countries that currently do not have a problem with high volumes of pollution output. And that is exactly why we have not ratified the treaty. For ratification would means that we are setting ourselves up for having to pay large penalties for non-compliances, while other countries are being given the opportunity to attract "our" industries. For imposing the regulations on the Industry in the industrialized world simply means that the industry will find another place where they will be allowed to pollute... leaving us with high levels of unemployment. All other countries, including Europe are all after weakening our economic position. Just ask your self the question: Which other countries have a self imposed Vehicle Emission testing system in place. For we all know that vehicle emissions are actually the main culprit in this Pollution problem.
