"I fault the Bush administration for not offering more alternatives from the time it took office, regardless of its opinion on the science involved. They could have won a lot more brownie points around the world by just pretending to care, as Japan has.
The Japanese government has been "disingenous" from day one and deserves no credit for anything, because nothing has been accomplished, other than to convince the average Japanese that they cared simply by signing the agreement,when they never had any intention of adhering to any of its requirements." To steal from fark "SomeGuy."
"That aside, I still contend that the Kyoto Protocol was little more than an attempt to institute global socialism - handicap the financially established countries while giving a free pass to "developing" countries which are (or would be) bigger polluters."
"After the Katrina disaster has stirred up the controversy over the perils faced by mankind from global warming, you would think TB was even more committed to the KP, than before. But it is clear that his failed attempt to persuade GWB to return to KP has perversely caused TB to give up on the battle to stop global warming. What a schmuck."
"Per capita Aussies are the world's number one polluters."
This of course is untrue. When it comes to municipal waste per capita, first it is the US, than Australia followed by Iceland.
Now Australia is #1 in nitrogen oxide pollution per capita.
Loved the responses.
Jester - I too was wtf? A Canadian! Then I read a riveting piece about Canada's environmental failures. At the lack of citations, frequently opinion pieces do lack citations. This is not the first time I have heard that Kyoto will not be renewed 2012, nor the first time I have heard that (most) signatories will fail to implement or meet any requirements.
Eral - The responses did remind me of here too. I also read an article about the ethanol proposals and was going to link it but I figured you had probably already read it.