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Kyoto is a first step. No one assumes it will fix the problem. But it will start to fix the problem.
Simply ignoring climate change and global warming, or blithely stating that it doesn't exist like many in the US argue, is not an environmentally sustainable option.
Bush seems to agree, in his most recent statements prior to the G8 summit, that something needs to be done. This is indeed a good step.
But the simple fact is that the Kyoto Protocol is now an internationally ratified treaty. It exists. It's processes, rewards and sanctions are in place and functioning. It's not perfect. And no one ever said it was.
Mr Mephisto
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