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michael
on from the take-a-deep-breath dept.
geek42 writes "Looks like Russia has picked up where the U.S. failed: they've ratified Kyoto, and now it's going to be law (on Feb 16). The BBC has coverage. 'Industrialised countries will have until 2012 to cut their collective emissions of six key greenhouse gases to 5.2% below the 1990 level.'"
Global warming is a myth in 3... 2... 1...
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Anonymous Coward
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Blastoff! Conservative cnspiracy theories of UN world domination is a GO!
Re:Global warming is a myth in 3... 2... 1...
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Ignignot
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The LIBERAL media has been slowly forcing us to accept GAYS in the BIG GOVERNMENT and the UN because they want US to ALL become GAY, and then we'll all have to BECOME ATHEISTS and KILL UNBORN CHILDREN for the good of some THIRD WORLD TERRORIST!
How was that? I tried to get all the crazy conspiracy elements into teh smallest space possible... what did I leave out?
-- I submitted this story last night, and it didn't get posted.
Re:Consequences?
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Anonymous Coward
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Or what?
Or the skiing season will never be the same.
PS: The weather here sucks. It's been 15 degrees on average lately, which really sucks for playing outdoor hockey.
Either we lose jobs and US companies to places like China, or we sign on to Kyoto.
Given those 2 choices, I say we sign on.:)
Or they'll have until only 2022... (etc.)
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benhocking
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As Robin Williams said, "In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'"
Luckily the most powerful nation in the world realizes that a few flooded countries matter little when compared to the prospect of losing a Few American Jobs.
Shortsightedness like this makes me think twice about having children (and the US is by no means the only offender).
-- Can you hear me, Major Tom?
I'm not the man they think I am at home...
Re:'Failed' Is a Relative Term
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metlin
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Imagine all the coffee in the world was going to run out eventually, maybe soon.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well "I" say that 98% of all species in the GALAXY will be extinct in the next 5.3 years, all because of, uhm, lessee, that-guy-down-the-street's impact! Yeah, that's the ticket! I can make up cool numbers too!
I just know I'm going to get moderated -23 Lugubrious for this informative post!
Actually you forgot that first they will warn the offending country about the UN's desire to look into the possibility of writing a letter. Next, they will send a notice of intent to send a letter. Finally, if, and only if, diplomacy completely and catestrophically breaks down, will the letter be sent. In extreme cases it will be followed up by a "Hrumpf" from Kofi Anan.
At the end of the day French politicians and UN beuraucrats will get some sweet sweet graft out of the deal, and really, isn't that what diplomacy is all about?
-- common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
So who's signed it?
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jrumney
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...and Poland, don't forget Poland!
You know what we should do...
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Dewrf
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We should just build big domes around the countries that don't sign up for global enviremental isuess, why should the rest of the world have to put up with your poluction and give you the oxygen that the plants in the rest of the world makes.
Create your own oxygen and suck on your own polution if you don't want to play ball
-Jay
Yes, I'm being facetious, but I'm also being a bit serious.
Here's another idea - find industrial sources of wasted CO2 and plant trees around them - or harvest the CO2. The Miller brewing company in Irwindale, CA comes to mind immediately - there's nothing surrounding the brewery but a quarry, interstates 605 and 210, and old US 66. And they brew shitloads of beer per month - that's a shitload of CO2.
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Blastoff! Conservative cnspiracy theories of UN world domination is a GO!
Or the skiing season will never be the same.
PS: The weather here sucks. It's been 15 degrees on average lately, which really sucks for playing outdoor hockey.
The UN is going to be angry. And they are going to write them a letter telling them just how angry they are!
>> Or what?
UN: Or we'll sanction you for the next 20 years and then you can kick your own @ss when we don't enforce it.
Yo! Now we can usher in the global warming with the classic 90's style. Does this mean we can bring back Parachute pants as well?
Given those 2 choices, I say we sign on.
As Robin Williams said, "In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'"
Ben Hocking
Need a professional organizer?
Turning a bolt for 17 years? How big is this bolt anyway? And wouldn't that tend to slow down the rest of the assembly line?
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Luckily the most powerful nation in the world realizes that a few flooded countries matter little when compared to the prospect of losing a Few American Jobs.
Shortsightedness like this makes me think twice about having children (and the US is by no means the only offender).
Can you hear me, Major Tom? I'm not the man they think I am at home...
Imagine all the coffee in the world was going to run out eventually, maybe soon.
That's a really *really* mean thing to say x-(
When will people wake up and smell the carbon dioxide?
Never. CO2 is an odorless gas.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
If you do not halt We shall be forced to ask you to halt a second time.
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well "I" say that 98% of all species in the GALAXY will be extinct in the next 5.3 years, all because of, uhm, lessee, that-guy-down-the-street's impact! Yeah, that's the ticket! I can make up cool numbers too!
I just know I'm going to get moderated -23 Lugubrious for this informative post!
Actually you forgot that first they will warn the offending country about the UN's desire to look into the possibility of writing a letter. Next, they will send a notice of intent to send a letter. Finally, if, and only if, diplomacy completely and catestrophically breaks down, will the letter be sent. In extreme cases it will be followed up by a "Hrumpf" from Kofi Anan.
At the end of the day French politicians and UN beuraucrats will get some sweet sweet graft out of the deal, and really, isn't that what diplomacy is all about?
common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
...and Poland, don't forget Poland!
We should just build big domes around the countries that don't sign up for global enviremental isuess, why should the rest of the world have to put up with your poluction and give you the oxygen that the plants in the rest of the world makes. Create your own oxygen and suck on your own polution if you don't want to play ball -Jay
How about planting a whole lot of trees?
Yes, I'm being facetious, but I'm also being a bit serious.
Here's another idea - find industrial sources of wasted CO2 and plant trees around them - or harvest the CO2. The Miller brewing company in Irwindale, CA comes to mind immediately - there's nothing surrounding the brewery but a quarry, interstates 605 and 210, and old US 66. And they brew shitloads of beer per month - that's a shitload of CO2.
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