KYOTO FOR DUMMIES
Oh oops. I guess I should tell you what it's about, because the general tendency in message board threads on this subject is not to click the links.
As I understand it the Canadian environment minister is suggesting restructuring the nation's economic engine to meet the demands of something called the Kyoto accord might be expensive.
I say "something called" the Kyoto accord, because I notice that although the media loves to issue forth the name "Kyoto", they're kind of shy about telling you what it actually is, and what it requires. I had to visit Google to find out. I'd give you links, but again, who'd click em, so I'll try to tell you what I can remember.
It's this accord signed by different nations to agree to bring down emissions of something called CO2. I say "something called" CO2, because there seems to be some confusion about what exactly CO2 is. I'll clarify that for you. It's not that black smoke pollution you see. People seem to think it is, but it's not. It's this odorless, colorless, gas commercial plant growers pump into their greenhouses to help their plants grow.
Back to Kyoto though... We Canadians sent some ecology activists over there to meet with some savvy business negotiators from other countries, and apparently they all agreed this CO2 stuff was pretty terrible for some reason, and countries like Canada were pretty much responsible, so they had to pay to get rid of it.
Our green guys signed this Kyoto agreement with the business negotiators from places like China and India. China and India pay nothing. Now don't get confused here. I know China and India are the countries where you see all those pictures of the thick black smoke pollution. Again our green guys don't seem so much worried about that. It's the devil, demon gas C02 they want to get rid of. Yes CO2 is a natural gas which helps plants grow, but don't get confused by that either. It's also trapping all the heat in the planet's stratosphere, and melting the ice bergs where the polar bears like to play and frolic. This is bad. We know this is all true, because our green guys tell us so. Not just our green guys either. Even the American green guy Al Gore told us this. Remember him? He created the internet. We know that's true, because he told us so.
Back to Kyoto though. If you're Chinese, or Indian you don't have to pay anybody anything. The same is true of Brazil. Remember Brazil? That's that country where the greater chunk of the world's rain forest exists. Interesting little sidebar about rain forests - the fun thing about rain forests is they eat up CO2 and turn it into Oxygen (that's this other gas you might have heard of. It's what you breath).
OK so rain forests were eating up C02. In Brazil they were chopping the rain forest down.
Brazil had some good negotiators at Kyoto too. Brazil also pays nothing as a result of Kyoto. In fact here's the great thing about Kyoto if you happen to live in Brazil. You can chop down more rain forest (which eat up C02) faster, then grow crops to make into this stuff called ethanol. If you do that Kyoto will give you these things called credits. You can then turn around and sell those credits to countries like Canada.
Why Canada? Because our green ecology guys signed a deal with their business negotiator guys agreeing this CO2 stuff is all our fault, and the CO2 is melting all our ice bergs, and drowning all our polar bears. We don't want that.
OK so we're going to buy all these credits from countries like Brazil (which cut down rain forests, which eat up CO2). This apparently is going to somehow destroy CO2, and save our polar bears. This might seem expensive. Where is this money coming from. I don't know exactly. The people who are supposed to tell you such stuff are encouraged not to. Apparently if they do tell you stuff like that they are indulging in what's called "media spin". Media spin is this term used to describe saying anything negative about Kyoto. The media doesn't like it when you use "media spin", or say negative stuff about Kyoto. They'll make you look real silly if you do.
I found some other interesting stuff about Kyoto (which I'd link you to, but you wouldn't click on), from people who don't mind looking silly. They'll give you "media spin", or saying negative stuff about Kyoto. Remember China and India? They pretty much continue doing what they do after Kyoto. Developing their industry. Canada however needs to stop doing so much of that. Kyoto tells us so.
OK so speaking of "media spin", or saying negative stuff about Kyoto, here's what it's all about. Here's what the Canadian environment minister said Kyoto might cost us.
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# Gasoline will cost more than $1.60 a litre over the 2008-to-2012 period
# 275,000 Canadians working today will lose their jobs by 2009
# Job loss will cause unemployment rates to rise 25 per cent by 2009
Remember though this is what's called "media spin". We know that's true, because the media told us so. They don't like people who say negative stuff about Kyoto. They will call them media spinners.
Global Warming ?? What's that ?? There is a claim by some that our poor polar bears are going to perish because there is no ice to run around on. These claims are often made by people who have only traveled north as far as Wasaga Beach.
The residents of Nunavut however are telling the scientist they are full of $hit. Seems there is such an explosion in the bear population they are expecting to have a big hunt to get it under control.
Of course this info only comes from a bunch of dumb Eskimos,,,,what the hell would they know, they only live there
Finally I remember clearly in the late 70's hearing predictions about how with the then current use of oil we would be freezing in the dark by year 2000 because all the oil would be gone!!! DUH !!!
Well I cant write any more right now because I need to go and fill my van with gas that was produced from the non existent oil.
Bottom line is we may be able to do something about the poison we create that is effecting our health but the rest of this "Science" is just B.S. created by those who want to make big $$$$$$$$ out of a non existent crisis. Of course this has never happened before EHHHH ? Oops,,,, I forgot Y2K !!
CKA Elite 
