just let me at least give him a wedgie...pleeeeeease?????

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Washington - US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday doubts lingered

over the existence of global warming, and reaffirmed the US position that the

Kyoto Protocol to reduce carbon dioxide emissions was ill-conceived.

 

During a break at the Energy Efficiency Forum, Cheney said the Kyoto treaty

did not take into account the emissions from countries including China and

India, the number two and number five emitters respectively, and placed an

undue burden on the United States and other industrialised nations.

 

" Unfortunately we believe (Kyoto is) flawed, as the president has said many

times, because it leaves out a significant part of the world. The burden fell

basically on the United States and on a few other developed countries, "

Cheney said. " We think that's an unwise way to go and an unreasonable way to

go. "

 

Cheney also said the administration of President George W Bush thought there

was " still an awful lot of doubt about exactly how the whole system works. "

 

Bush's abandonment of the US commitment to the Kyoto Protocol evoked a furore

among many allies, particularly in Europe, where he is currently on his first

official trip to the continent.

 

Despite the US decision, the European Union, Japan, and other developed

nations have said they would proceed with the targets laid out in the 1997

treaty, which mandates a 5.2 percent reduction in overall output of

greenhouse gas by the 2008-2012 timeframe compared to 1990.

 

" If you look at the Kyoto treaty, it hits especially the United States and

would have devastating economic consequences for us, " Cheney said, pointing

to initiatives to deal with climate change the president introduced on Monday

in efforts to develop " an effective and science-based response " to global

warming.

 

" If you're really concerned about global warming and carbon dioxide

emissions, then we need to come over here and aggressively pursue the use of

nuclear power, which we can do safely and sanely, but for 20-some years now

has been a big no-no politically, " Cheney insisted.

 

" Some of the same people who yell loudest about global warming and carbon

dioxide emissions are also the first ones to scream when somebody says, 'Gee,

we ought to use nuclear power.' " - Sapa-AFP

 

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> Washington - US Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday doubts

> lingered over the existence of global warming, and reaffirmed the US

> position that the Kyoto Protocol to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

> was ill-conceived.

 

Only because doubts mean that Bush can feel better over his vested

interests in oil!!!!!

 

> Cheney said. " We think that's an unwise way to go and an

unreasonable way to go. " Cheney also said the administration of

President George W Bush thought there was " still an awful lot of doubt

about exactly how the whole system works. "

 

And what system is that, exactly???? They seem to be under no doubt as

to how to destroy the environment!!!

 

> " If you look at the Kyoto treaty, it hits especially the United

States and would have devastating economic consequences for us, "

 

Well, get rid of the Kyoto treaty, I say!! If destroying the

environment brings jobs, then that's great!!!!!!

 

> " If you're really concerned about global warming and carbon dioxide

> emissions, then we need to come over here and aggressively pursue

> the use of nuclear power, which we can do safely and sanely, but for

> 20-some years now has been a big no-no politically, " Cheney

> insisted.

 

If you're really concerned about causing another Chernoybyl and giving

people cancer then we need to aggressively pursue the use of nuclear

power!!!

 

At the end of the day, if people with vested interests are in power,

even though multi-nationals are way more powerful than governments

could ever be, we are never gonna get anywhere!! Does anybody have the

number of a local hit-man i could hire?? Well, i have to go down in

history somehow!!

 

Sas

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