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The Free Market Is A Wonderful Instrument
By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in Energy | Energy Policy | Free Market — Comments (1) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
Behold. Serious environmentalists--and the word "serious" is not emphasized by accident--might want to take note. I'm sure that anyone genuinely interested in saving the planet will greet the news that the free market is their most powerful ally with glee and happiness and will apply the lessons the linked post discusses in the blink of an eyelash.
Right?
Ah well, certain political decisions notwithstanding, it's still a good idea.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/12/kyoto_schmyoto.html
"The Kyoto treaty was agreed upon in late 1997 and countries started signing and ratifying it in 1998. A list of countries and their carbon dioxide emissions due to consumption of fossil fuels is available from the U.S. government. If we look at that data and compare 2004 (latest year for which data is available) to 1997 (last year before the Kyoto treaty was signed), we find the following.
* Emissions worldwide increased 18.0%.
* Emissions from countries that signed the treaty increased 21.1%.
* Emissions from non-signers increased 10.0%.
* Emissions from the U.S. increased 6.6%."