Treaty Shmeaty

The Kyoto Treaty goes into effect today. For those who don't know, the Kyoto Treaty is basically an environmentalist's dream. It limits emissions of CO2 and other "green house gasses" by limitting industry. The accord states that nations who sign the treaty have to return to emission standards from 1990. Basically a huge technological step backwards.

People, esepecially the "green" people, bash the US for not signing this "treaty". The truth is, this is a good thing.

First, there is very little hard evidence that global warming is occuring. If you look at the "evidence", there's little to no connection between emissions and global warming. There is a larger correlation between global warming and warm/cool cycles of the planet itself. This whole thing could just as easily be a natural phenomena.

Most of these "scientists" who cry "the sky is falling" about global warming are just looking for funding. They try desperately to find legitimacy so they can get their next paycheck.

Then you have countries like China, Brazil,and India who didn't sign the treaty. These countries are becoming increasingly industrialized and will contribute to a large fraction of pollutants. For such a "treaty" to work, every major nation has to participate, otherwise it will be pointless.

In the end, you have to balance the economy with the environment. If the US were to sign this "treaty", major portions of industry would have to shut down increasing unemployment and entitlements.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't take care of the environment. I'm saying we need to think critically of everything that's going on and make the best decision for all involved. We need to end corruption at the highest levels and get industry to think less about their bottom lines.