"Yes, even Russia agreed to the plan, with the terrible shape its economy is in, because it knows the costs of not acting will be greater."
Wrong. Kyoto consumption credits are based on 1990 national energy use. Given that the Russian economy is 2/3 the size it was in 1990, it will have credits to spare, which it plans on selling on the world market and make $$$. Believe me, Russia is doing it in only their own best interest.
Kyoto would totally screw the US economy. Requiring it to meet 1990 emission standards or pay $$$ on the open market to buy additional credits. Bush was right to reject it as a flawed plan. It doesn't even include India & China which stand to be the biggest contributers to global warming in the not to distant future.
As China's (and India's) standard of living rises, expect their CO2 emissions to rise as well. Given their population, their total emissions will far exceed that of the US.
Not that's a global warming crisis just waiting to happen.
Remember that total emissions=emission per person*population. So individual consumption rate is not the only factor of the global warming problem.
What I find interesting is that since most Firefox users also use AdBlock & other page display controls that essentially remove 99% of advertising content from web browsing (ahem... *doubleclick*), with the rise in use of Firefox more & more advertising will not be getting through to its intended audience. This can have the side effect of cutting off the revenue stream of many web sites and may lead us down the road of paid content.
I for one even block the ads on slashdot. Call me a freeloader.
'McCuskey, an industrial chemical salesman, said he shares Best Buy's frustration with "extreme price shoppers" who are so low-cost oriented that it's tough to make money off of them.'
This comment floors me. It's like they're blaming the customers for having low profits. As if they deserve to be more profitable.
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"Yes, even Russia agreed to the plan, with the terrible shape its economy is in, because it knows the costs of not acting will be greater." Wrong. Kyoto consumption credits are based on 1990 national energy use. Given that the Russian economy is 2/3 the size it was in 1990, it will have credits to spare, which it plans on selling on the world market and make $$$. Believe me, Russia is doing it in only their own best interest. Kyoto would totally screw the US economy. Requiring it to meet 1990 emission standards or pay $$$ on the open market to buy additional credits. Bush was right to reject it as a flawed plan. It doesn't even include India & China which stand to be the biggest contributers to global warming in the not to distant future.
As China's (and India's) standard of living rises, expect their CO2 emissions to rise as well. Given their population, their total emissions will far exceed that of the US. Not that's a global warming crisis just waiting to happen. Remember that total emissions=emission per person*population. So individual consumption rate is not the only factor of the global warming problem.
What I find interesting is that since most Firefox users also use AdBlock & other page display controls that essentially remove 99% of advertising content from web browsing (ahem... *doubleclick*), with the rise in use of Firefox more & more advertising will not be getting through to its intended audience. This can have the side effect of cutting off the revenue stream of many web sites and may lead us down the road of paid content.
I for one even block the ads on slashdot. Call me a freeloader.
'McCuskey, an industrial chemical salesman, said he shares Best Buy's frustration with "extreme price shoppers" who are so low-cost oriented that it's tough to make money off of them.' This comment floors me. It's like they're blaming the customers for having low profits. As if they deserve to be more profitable.