Discussion: Koyoto and Canada

[Redleg]

I’ve never heard of The Globe and Mail before but they are quoting a seemingly credible source. Apparently Canada, a Koyoto treaty signatory, has seen CO2 levels rise while the US, not a signatory, has seen a decline. Anyone want to offer any speculation as to why?

Well it might be from the recent elections in Canada.

[Fragony]

How on earth does a huge country like Canada with a thinly spread population fail to meet the Kyoto norm? Heck, we have about the same amount of people living in a country roughly the size of New York, we have a healthy industry, and we appear to reach our targets if the wind doesn't come from Belgium or Germany....

[Byzantine Prince]

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How on earth does a huge country like Canada with a thinly spread population fail to meet the Kyoto norm? Heck, we have about the same amount of people living in a country roughly the size of New York, we have a healthy industry, and we appear to reach our targets if the wind doesn't come from Belgium or Germany....

It has to do with per capita pollution not per acre.

We live mostly in very industrial cities like the Toronto area, and Lower Quebec. These places require huge amounts of cars for people to get where they need to be. Also the car industry is huge in Canada.

[Vladimir]

Louis does have a point that our manufacturing jobs are being outsourced. The problem I constantly hear about is our vehicle emissions and the constant pressure to raise the MPG standards.

You won’t hear me say this often but I think we need to be more like France *washes mouth with bleach…spits* . They’ve proven that the majority of your electricity production can safely come from nuclear reactors and even though we have a lot of coal, nuclear is cleaner.

[Duke Malcolm]

Perhaps there is just a southerly wind?

[Vladimir]

Well it might be from the recent elections in Canada.

I think you may be right. They don't call Chicago the windy city because of the weather.

Check out this vitroil in the Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...d=970599119419

I don't think they get it. Canada can stop ALL production of CO2 tomorrow and it wouldn't matter. Countries like China, Russia, India, etc don't care about it. Crippling the economy of any "western" nation just to meet these guidelines may actually increase the production of this gas as the dirtier, developing countries will only increase production to fill the void.