Convention held in New York for Global Warming science..... the truth

[elprincipe]

Sqrl said:

 

As for the signatories on the Kyoto Protocol, the reason those developing nations are signing up is because the Kyoto protocol is built as a global socialist program. The developing nations without huge emissions are able to sell their carbon credits to large nations like the US who would have to purchase them to avoid massive fines. In short its a huge boon for those countries not a hinderence.

It's worse than that, actually: developing countries have NO limits at all under Kyoto, including China and India.  That is why the U.S. wasn't interested in approving the thing (the Senate said we wouldn't unless it included developing countries, by a 95-0 vote).  China is soon to become the largest CO2 emitter in the world, passing the U.S., yet Kyoto exempts them.  Even if it were enacted by all nations, it is meaningless and would only cause a minimal slowing in the growth of CO2 emissions.  That doesn't even get into the random 1990 emission levels included in the protocol, which would allow countries polluting a lot in 1990 but less now (Russia, Eastern Europe) to make out like bandits with their inflated credits.  Regardless of your views on global warming (I'm skeptical yet undecided and believe we need more real-world research as opposed to models), we should be able to agree that the Kyoto Protocol was/is a stupid idea.