I do not think that the U.S. should
have signed the Kyoto Protocol because it had fundamental flaws in
its design. The first being that it did not act fairly towards both
developed and undeveloped countries. One main problem that I found
with it was that undeveloped countries could sell their unused
emissions to other countries that were more developed and over their
limits. Countries such as Russia who emits a large volume of
emissions would be under it's limit and could sell to thier
countries. This was the case because Russia has so much land mass.
I believe that getting environmental
policies signed at all levels is hard because everyone wants to
protect whats in their groups best interest. This however is hard to
do because not everyone has the same ideas and many times the ideas
are very different from each other and only compounds with the larger
the scale. I think that communities should try and fix this problem
by looking at the bigger picture and what is best for everyone as a
whole. I would like to see more policies supporting sustainable
communities and
issues such as reducing reliance on fossil fuels, supporting local
farmers and merchants, encouraging green practices and building,
consideration of native wildlife, and adoption of mass transportation
and cleaner methods of commuting.
I agree with you that the Kyoto protocol is unfair. The larger, developed countries should be under the same standards and protocols that the undeveloped countries would be under. Everyone who this protocol would affect should sit down around a table and hash out a fair standard that is universally followed, as well as set up a time frame for this to be reviewed and edited in the near future.
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