Kyoto, not just a Tokyo for anagram lovers

The Australian: Kyoto a pointless exercise [February 16, 2005]

Today is the day the Kyoto Protocol comes into effect.

Interesting, I found an article in Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspaper about the futility of the Kyoto Protocol.

The ridiculous author of this article refers to public figures willing to do something about global warming as "Climate Change Propagandists" and that future energy technologies are "dubious" and "doubtful" I can't really say any more to damn this guy that he hasn't said himself. The end of the article doesn't even say if this guy is qualified to comment on these things. I know this for sure though, his boss is the world's largest consumer of paper.

Addressing the problem is really only the first step. It's easy to make criticisms when not offering any alternative. Unlike the article in today's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper which sees Australia's current leader's refusal to participate in the first phase of the protocol as an opportunity to take part from 2012 when the protocol has evolved enough to begin the real battle with our environmental problems.

I fear that this current time we are living in, will be the period they look back on in the future as the time we could no longer claim not to know the extent of the damage we were causing to the planet, and were too greedy to do anything about it.