Kyoto

Put a tax on carbon and other greenhouse gases so we can fight our climate crisis. A cap and trade will inevitably be manipulated by the market and business looking to make a buck. We need a REAL price on carbon and other pollutants.

It is ongoingly shameful that we are the only guilty parties who, under both Bush administrations, Dumb and Dumber (dad and son), who refused to honor the Kyoto accords or sign the agreement in Brazil. And we're pointing fingers at India and China...hypocrites!

On Day One of the new Australian Prime Minister's reign, PM Kevin Rudd ratified the Kyoto Protocol within an hour of being sworn in. Since then he has continued to issue in positive change. The new President of the US should make the same immediate public statement and move the US forward in the world's damaged respect for its global impact and foreign policy.

Sign Kyoto protocols and GO GREEN!

Signing Kyoto and creating a carbon tax is necessary to jump start US role in climate change control.

Take away the tax breaks for the oil companies, sign onto the Kyoto Protocol (or even stricter standards!), provide incentives for alternative energy installations and energy conservation. Make this a mission like the 1960s race to the moon with all of the innovation and beneficial spin offs.

Sign the Kyoto Agreement. Discontinue tax breaks to oil and coal companies. Give generous tax breaks/federal assistance to solar, wind and wave energy companies. Retrofit all Federal buildings with solar panels ASAP. Use rain barrels or similar structures to save rain water and decrease flooding. All Federal Government meetings should be by conference call/video call unless the participants can walk to them. Insist that Congress walk to meetings/activities. Replace all Federal vehicles with "gr

On Barack Obama's first day in Office, and to prove that he truly represents a change from the aggressive and criminal policies of the preceding "Administration," let him to commit to undoing the damage Bush did in his first days by announcing clearly and without hesitation that America will remain active parties in Kyoto and SALT II, and other critical agreements and treaties abrogated in 2001 - the first real indication that the Bush White House planned an brutish, rogue and extremist agenda.

Global warming is being relegated to the economy, the war, even to petty bickering during debates. Climate change will affect every other major issue, most likely making things worse. Address the problems now and through innovation green technologies can accelerate the economy in a safe way while creating consensus with all the countries that signed the Kyoto Protocol. Meanwhile, a shift in world dependence on oil will be a basis for ending wars such as Iraq.

When we use the term "global warming" we need to look beyond our backyard. The Kyoto accord, which Bush ignorantly refused to join, is an imperative. Cooperation is an important key in our future. As for home, wind and solar power and preservation of wetlands and forests need addressing soon.