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Canada, the country furthest from meeting its commitment to cut carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, may save as much as $6.7 billion by exiting the global climate change agreement and not paying for offset credits.The country’s greenhouse-gas emissions are almost a third higher than 1990 levels, and it has a 6 percent CO2 reduction target for the end of 2012. If it couldn’t meet its goal, Canada would have to buy carbon credits, under the rules of the legally binding treaty.Canada, which has the world’s third-largest proven oil reserves, would be the first of 191 signatories to the Kyoto Protocol to annul its emission-reduction obligations. While Environment Minister Peter Kent declined to confirm Nov. 28 that Canada is preparing to pull out of Kyoto, which may ease the burden for oil-sands producers and coal-burning utilities, he said the government wouldn’t make further commitments to it.
There isn't a chance in hell that Canada is going to cough up billions to appease a religious cult.
According to my cousin what they're seeing in the papers up there is that some countries signed on for Kyoto aren't gong to be able to meet the standard for 15 years if ever so they see it as a waste of time and money to continue on.
Quote from: John Florida on December 04, 2011, 05:10:19 PM According to my cousin what they're seeing in the papers up there is that some countries signed on for Kyoto aren't gong to be able to meet the standard for 15 years if ever so they see it as a waste of time and money to continue on.Slow to catch on, aren't they?
I've still got that image of Pierre Trudeau's wife close to my heart.One thing about liberals, they really are...
Quote from: Charles Oakwood on December 04, 2011, 06:33:09 PMI've still got that image of Pierre Trudeau's wife close to my heart.One thing about liberals, they really are... Ask the Rolling Stones how liberal she was.
Quote from: John Florida on December 04, 2011, 07:27:11 PMQuote from: Charles Oakwood on December 04, 2011, 06:33:09 PMI've still got that image of Pierre Trudeau's wife close to my heart.One thing about liberals, they really are... Ask the Rolling Stones how liberal she was. Ask Geraldo Rivera after he got that hummer !
And of course they have to blame us and the ChiCom's...Just speak in plain language the treaty was a joke from the get-go and will cost your economy too much and call it a day!Canadian's...
Quote from: Libertas on December 13, 2011, 01:36:49 PMAnd of course they have to blame us and the ChiCom's...Just speak in plain language the treaty was a joke from the get-go and will cost your economy too much and call it a day!Canadian's... Yup. While I applaud the decision to bail out on this joke treaty, it is sure cowardly for them to use the "US and China won't do it so it can't work" scapegoat. They should just call it what it is - a junk treaty based on politically motivated junk science. Force every nation that is trying to keep the house of cards from tumbling to deal with their position. What they've done is bail on the treaty for the good of Canada, while allowing GlobalWarming cultists to blame their departure on the United States (and China).
