Kyoto protocol

This is not a surprise, Kyoto was an absurdity from the beginning. Most countries promoted it in bad faith, knowing very well that, once the enthusiasm of the crowds had passed, nobody would really check how they were doing. In the meantime they could boast their political correctness and condemn the US.

Europe is the citadel of hypocrisy. Considering Europeans' contempt for the United States and George Bush for not embracing the Kyoto Protocol, you'd expect that they would have made major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions -- the purpose of Kyoto. Well, not exactly. From 1990 (Kyoto's base year for measuring changes) to 2002, global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, increased 16.4 percent, reports the International Energy Agency. The U.S. increase was 16.7 percent, and most of Europe hasn't done much better.

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