Kyoto A Threat of Global Proportions
... has proposed the Kyoto protocol, an environmental treaty calling for a decrease in emissions hoping to avoid global warming by curbing “greenhouse gases.” Not only would Kyoto plunge our economy into the red, but even proponents of global warming policy oppose this treaty. If that’s not scary enough, the entire global warming theory is hardly substantiated let alone proven to cause cataclysmic danger. ... ratification of Kyoto would plunge a great deal of people into poverty, cause industries to either cheat or leave the country, and remove the U. ... Developing countries such as China and India are actually allowed to increase their emissions under the Kyoto protocol. ... Bjorn Lomberg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, conservatively estimates the cost of Kyoto at about $350 billion in 2010 rising to about $900 billion in 2050. ... Additionally, Tom Randall from the Center for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs found that Kyoto unfairly targets minorities forcing their average income down 10% causing 864,000 African Americans and 511,000 Hispanics to lose their jobs.