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There is little doubt that the climate of the planet is warming up though the cause of the warming is less clear, and the extent to which implementing Kyoto would slow or reverse climate change is even more hazy.
However it seems to make sense to at least try Kyoto, rather than dismiss it out of hand. It is an ill-will that blows nobody any good, and doubtless there will be new antipollution industries that will provide jobs and make money.
However, these type of "end is nigh" arguments seem to be trotted out to try to thwart or delay any kind of progress--not just the abolition of slavery.
Why, for example, can we not have legislation that would reduce the absurd amount of packaging that comes with everything we buy, and the bags we carry it home it?
Why is our landscape littered with silver paper, cellophane, and cardboard from cigarette packets? Why should not smoker take their own container and buy loose cigarettes? Because, no doubt, the world will come to an end if this occurs and thousands of worthy but impoverished cellophane growers will lose their living.
Why can we not have a single payer health system? Because millions of worthy, but impoverished insurance clerks will be cast into the pit of unemployment.
Why can workers in the US not have the same amount of paid annual leave as their counterparts in Europe? Because... well, you know the answer.
Why is the dollar at a record low against the Euro today?
Good question?
