Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II
I agree to almost all of that.

The problem with Kyoto is that global warming isn't the threat it is made out to be and enough politicians know that, but they use the existing scare to form constantly shifting alliances in order to enforce new economic policies. These policies are driven more by considerations of international marketing, productivity and wage competition than by environmental considerations. During the last Kyoto conference for instance the EU was exploiting its competitive advantage over the U.S. in 'green technology' (cleaner and less energy-consuming cars etcetera) by siding with China, India and other large developing nations against the U.S. and some other highly developed superpolluters.

Indeed, if we truly took Kyoto seriously, we would invest in nuclear energy like there was no tomorrow. Ask yourself why we don't. Politicians keep telling us that we have to act on global warming now or face disaster, yet when it comes to policy we are asked to volunteer, to switch off the lights an hour earlier or take out the trash in separate bins. If this were a military threat instead of an ecological one, would they ask us all to go into our backyards and make our own little catapults to scare off the enemy? I don't think so.
Agreed 100%

It is remarkable how those who are on at the forefront of "green chic" are also the ones who are most easily marketed to.

Everyone should be a conservationist.