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Unlike Kyoto, this climate deal suits us fine : Comments
By Alan Oxley, published 3/8/2005Alan Oxley argues the Howard Government is to be congratulated for forging a global policy on climate change.
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1) CO2 is not the real villain
2) it's all a plot by the Europeans
Re 1) if you want to find out how water vapour emissivity, cloud albedo and methane fit into the overall picture read the archives of realclimate.org. Scientists say it is the extra CO2 that has created more cloud (it didn't happen spontaneously) but the dimming effect has has peaked. CO2 is currently several times more problematical than methane and that is where the biggest cuts should be made.
Re 2) there might be a grain of truth in it but I think Europeans will have the last laugh when they have an easier time of it in years to come. My prediction is that the alternative climate deal will prove more ineffectual than Kyoto.