Eagler wrote:
Let's all live in mud huts, eat wild berries, and oh yeah - give up ur pc. You first StSanta Sorry I don't think Kyoto is worth the paper it was printed on. Did they kill trees to print that? Oh my ....heh eagler, it's a common misconception that concern about the environment cannot be combined with a healthy aggressive capitalistic mindset. It can. I'm *all* for development - I'm a science freak myself. Applied science is fascinating to me - indeed, I find myself attracted to most things in science, with the exception of chemistry
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Implementing an agreement that seeks to *limit* emissions but one that still ensures a competitiveness is GOOD in my book. I used to live in Sweden and every time I go there, I'm still saddened when I see vast areas of forest dead for acid rain. Or when I moved ot another place and when I came back to visit and wanted to go fishing in a lake I spent most of my childhood fishing and bathing in was totally dead, just a few years later.
Ding, we're not screwing ourselves. the EU has been able to keep up with the US despite horrendous socialistic systems in place here and incredible tax rates. The European countries are actually quite strong financially when combined and very innovative. The Kyoto deal will have a quite limited impact on the economy. It'll cost some, but it's manageable.
Personally, I'm not too fond of the "well HE is not doing it, so why should *I*?" argument. My neighbor isn't picking up the trash he throws around, so why should I? It's all about personal integrity or, exported to an larger scale, national integrity.
It's weird. I can understand why Bush has second thoughts about the deal, and I can fully appreciate his desire to keep a slowing economy from slowing even more. Perhaps once the US economy is going better, the US will be more friendly towards a similar deal. Or perhaps Bush won't be reelected and the new President will have a different stance.
It's odd. I find myself hating Bush's decisions, but I find it hard to hate the man himself. I like the way he doesn't try to hide what he's up to - well, or the appearance he creates that he isn't. He appears honest enough about what he believes in - even if that is diametrically opposite to my personal values from time to time. Still, some of his decisions, such as this one, will affect me, so therefore I feel I have a legitimate reason to critisize or cheer his decisions.
