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Originally Posted by Joe Durnavich
I read somewhere that as it stands, the effect of Kyoto (which extends only to 2012) will be to delay the rise in temperature by something like 7 days in 2100.
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Read somewhere? Then it must be true.
I'm not advocating the Kyoto plan specifically. It's just one example of things that can be done. And I'd take pessimistic estimates (or overly optimistic ones for that matter) about its possible effectiveness with a large mountain of salt. Both sides have exaggerations, misinformation, skewed "scientific" authorities, and plain old lies out there.
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Consider how hard it was to get Kyoto. Politically, anything calling for even more drastic cuts in CO2 emissions will be nearly impossible to get into effect.
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Define "nearly impossible", and why.
Early efforts to accomplish anything are almost always difficult. Ask the Wright Brothers, then look what their little hop led to.
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Kyoto asks for lower CO2 emissions. Wouldn't a better alternative be to invest the money directly in low-carbon power technologies?
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And how do you insure that money not used for one will go to the other? Or that that isn't how CO2 will be lowered? People tend to do what they can get away with. Kyoto and measures like it may help put a slight hammerlock on them (assuming, of course, they're ever enforced).