Posted by
Tzimisce on Monday, February 05, 2007 4:21:25 PM
So now that it's official the debate is over: Kyoto is a waste of time.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that
we're all going to die of global warming. The earth is going to
overheat and there is nothing we can do about it. Thus we no longer
need any environmental regulations/laws. Why waste the time? The end is
already here.
Especially the empty Kyoto treaty. But then again, what did Kyoto
really do anyway? The nation of China is so polluted that you can
actually see clouds of smog from space. The capital city of Peking is
notorious for it's acid rain and thick brown smoke. Fortunately, there
is a loop hole in Kyoto that defines China as "developing", meaning
that China can continue to pollute to its heart content.
Going about a thousand miles south you encounter another loop hole
nation, India. Known for it's overpopulation and wasteful industry it
won't be cleaning up its act any time soon either.
Let's all hear it for the third world. Yeah, they're killing us all but
since they're depressed economically we'll let them get away with it.
Since they're minorities and "victims" of Western expansion, the
environment can take the hit for the team. How nice that
environmentalists believe in Affirmative Action.
Fortunately there are also loopholes in Kyoto for the first world.
Kyoto contains lots of nice "pay as you go" type of devices for the
nations that can afford it. So places like Canada and the Netherlands
can pay money rather than clean up their acts - which is what they've
decided to do. True they might be dumping millions of pollutants in to
the air, but at least the right people are getting rich on it. (Too bad
the poor who always get screwed on these deals will never see a dime.)
But then again, when did the poor ever matter to liberal philosophy?