The Only Country to Reject Global Warming

Why?

Because if we reduce carbon emissions along with EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET...

The Bush administration argues the Kyoto protocol would hurt the U.S. economy and objects that high-polluting developing nations like China and India are not required to reduce emissions. - AP

What is more important, saving the world or worrying about our economy? Why are we worried about our economy, when EVERY other country isn't worried about theirs? And if they are worried about their economies, why have they decided to forgo their concerns to fight global warming while we have not?

Maybe they realize a correlation between the two that the current administration does not.

Roscoe Barlett's (R-MD) believes that if the U.S. acts to combat the Peak Oil Crisis, we could combat global warming and emerge as a manufacturing super power once again.

So, will combating global warming really hurt our economy?

Important economic and jobs benefits could result from a concerted U.S. effort to develop substitute fuels plants... (and) The impacts might include hundreds of billions of dollars of investment, hundreds of thousands of jobs, a rejuvenation of various domestic industries, and increased tax revenues for the Federal, state, and local governments. - Hirsch Report

The answer is simply no. Additionally, because peak oil is a world problem...

It is virtually certain that at the same time the U.S. embarked on an aggressive mitigation program, other major initiatives would likely be undertaken elsewhere in the world. - Hirsch Report

The U.S could become a world leader and increase our lagging exports by developing useful alternative fuels and energy producing technologies if the necessary government efforts are made. Our reluctance to enter into the Kyoto treaty for the reasons given by the White House seem suspect. If our economy will actually benefit, why is there such a reluctance? Maybe the answer lies in the high-polluting companies who would be most affected by a U.S. entry into Kyoto.




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