Airing Both Sides of Global Warming
“On Warming, Bush Is Out of Step” (Opinion, Feb. 24), criticizing President Bush’s rejection of the Kyoto Protocol, overlooks two essential points: 1) The treaty places CO2 emission restrictions on advanced nations only, while exempting so-called developing nations. Accordingly, it allows an industrial giant such as China, a nation with an “I don’t care” attitude toward the environment, to continue its unrestrained desecration of the atmosphere; and 2) despite news coverage to the contrary, a consensus does not exist among scientists as to whether global warming is a verifiable phenomenon.
Some may scoff at this, but confirmation is not too much to ask prior to implementing the far-reaching and costly restrictions set forth in the Kyoto treaty. Perhaps a publicly aired debate between qualified scientists of both persuasions would clear the air of information pollution and reduce the warming of global tempers.
Barry Stone
Atascadero
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