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Hi Hairball,

No, they don't want to tax the air, otherwise I would never had said I like this. In the whole text of that part, they imply that Kyoto is so last-decade and out-of-date. They suggesst that the global community come up with a new plan. That plan includes regulations of C emmisions based on the free market.

I believe article 17 of Kyoto had to do with trading CO2 credits. What's different with this?

Since all C emmiting industries will want to buy some of that total cap, the price/kg/year of the cap will increase (demand). So, either the industries spend money to change their processes to reduce emissions, or they fork out the dough. They will do what is best for their bottom line and the market will determine a price for those "shares" of the emission total based on its overall supply.

Screw this and screw Kyoto. We are a sovereign nation of free people. Our free market is more than capable of coming up with solutions to real problems and I don't consider CO2 a problem as there are plently of natural causes that many scientists think may be responsible for the recent heating.

I like the plan since it ensures regulations on C emissions that are equitable for all countries.

And this is exactly why I have been saying Kyoto is nothing more than a global redistribution scheme designed to reduce the globabl disparity in jobs and wealth. If you and other liberals are concerned with this (I am actually in that I wish ALL nations had great economies and standards of living) then what you need to do is export what values that made America great: Liberty, freedom, the right to own private property, a democratic Republic form of government, free press, etc.

Kramer