Reply #11: Exactly what was the Kyoto vote? Not even our side wanted it. [View All]

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the Senate vote against it was 99-0?

A treaty with similar goals would be a great idea, but a bullshit treaty that China is exempted from as a "developing" nation, and that Russia said was "economically unfeasible" for them, is not a good idea. The idea of "If we can afford it, why not do it" is not only a bad one, but I don't even think we can afford it.

Even if we could, handuffing ourselves economically like that when so many are without jobs and health care is a bad, bad, bad idea. Kyoto hasn't gone into worldwide force because it freaking sucks.

Just because a goal is good doesn't mean a treaty is. I hate to agree with Republicans, especially since they don't give a fuck about the environment at ALL, but their assessment of this particular treaty was right on the mark.