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The extension of Kyoto that they've been talking about down in cold Cancun, targets a goal of keeping global warming under 2 degrees Celsius. The most up-to-date model that NASA is using to predict Global Warming says that doubling average atmospheric concentrations of CO2 means adding 1.64 degrees C to average global temperature. ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12...grees_warming/ ) So, assuming they use the most up-to-date info out there in crafting the stipulations of the treaty, I'd be 100% in favor of it.
Keep CO2 emissions under ~225% of 2010 levels. Enforce the limit with stiff global tarifs and sanctions against countries who exceed the 2.25 X CO2(2010) barrier. And additionally, there needs to be two global prices for all commodities - one for compliant countries, and a much higher one for the non-compliant. The excess revenues can go to subsidize huge payouts to global eco-overseers that they're not going to be getting from the all-but-failed markets for carbon credits. Someone has to make these guys whole. They deserve their billions just as much as the next guy. But payments to them need to be public and widely publicized. They can only accept their subsidy if they buy whole page advertizing in the top three or four newspapers in each of the G20 countries. We need to know who the eco-overseers are - so we can thank them for their good works.
I can live with that. Any rational person would agree to that. Unless they're Chinese or Indian or from some other growing asian, african or south american country.
Keep CO2 emissions under ~225% of 2010 levels. Enforce the limit with stiff global tarifs and sanctions against countries who exceed the 2.25 X CO2(2010) barrier. And additionally, there needs to be two global prices for all commodities - one for compliant countries, and a much higher one for the non-compliant. The excess revenues can go to subsidize huge payouts to global eco-overseers that they're not going to be getting from the all-but-failed markets for carbon credits. Someone has to make these guys whole. They deserve their billions just as much as the next guy. But payments to them need to be public and widely publicized. They can only accept their subsidy if they buy whole page advertizing in the top three or four newspapers in each of the G20 countries. We need to know who the eco-overseers are - so we can thank them for their good works.
I can live with that. Any rational person would agree to that. Unless they're Chinese or Indian or from some other growing asian, african or south american country.
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