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Greg P
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Simple question, all in the title.
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Mawia
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Because it would cost them too much money.
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tallfunney
Guest
the reason that the u.s is not signing the kyoto protocall is because it would mess up are economy so enviormentl problems wil turn into economical problems. the reason for this is because major industrys will be shut down, mining will stop, and the us will go down.
P.S : i hope this helps
P.S : i hope this helps
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bashkanoyola
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It is in anticipation of polluting the world even more.
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yankee_sailor
Guest
much as I dont like Wikipedia, the following is a good summation:
"On 25 July 1997, before the Kyoto Protocol was finalized (although it had been fully negotiated, and a penultimate draft was finished), the U.S. Senate unanimously passed by a 95–0 vote the Byrd-Hagel Resolution (S. Res. 98),] which stated the sense of the Senate was that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol that did not include binding targets and timetables for developing as well as industrialized nations or "would result in serious harm to the economy of the United States". On 12 November 1998, Vice President Al Gore symbolically signed the protocol. Both Gore and Senator Joseph Lieberman indicated that the protocol would not be acted upon in the Senate until there was participation by the developing nations.The Clinton Administration never submitted the protocol to the Senate for ratification"
Please note this took place during the CLINTON administration, and that the Senate shot down Kyoto NINETY FIVE to Zero...included in that 95 were names like Kerry and Kennedy.....
"On 25 July 1997, before the Kyoto Protocol was finalized (although it had been fully negotiated, and a penultimate draft was finished), the U.S. Senate unanimously passed by a 95–0 vote the Byrd-Hagel Resolution (S. Res. 98),] which stated the sense of the Senate was that the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol that did not include binding targets and timetables for developing as well as industrialized nations or "would result in serious harm to the economy of the United States". On 12 November 1998, Vice President Al Gore symbolically signed the protocol. Both Gore and Senator Joseph Lieberman indicated that the protocol would not be acted upon in the Senate until there was participation by the developing nations.The Clinton Administration never submitted the protocol to the Senate for ratification"
Please note this took place during the CLINTON administration, and that the Senate shot down Kyoto NINETY FIVE to Zero...included in that 95 were names like Kerry and Kennedy.....
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JOHNNIE B
Guest
Are U stupid enough that U think we could reduce our energy use by 50%
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Nata T
Guest
Because we are smarter than the average gullible person in the world. The Treaty was a legal way to create the largest transfer of wealth since Alexander conquered the world.
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thegubmint
Guest
Because it didn't include two of the largest polluters (in fact, now the largest) in the plan. It would have been a costly and ineffective solution to an issue that has to be solved through economic incentive and of global (meaning all countries, not just the Western ones) scope.