The Kyoto Accord

A detailed Summary of The Kyoto Accord

There has been great discussion and controversy over something that has recently been proposed to Canadians. This something is the Kyoto Accord. The Kyoto Accord is a doctrine that was put together to help reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and therefore reduce the global warming phenomenon. If Canada was to agree with the Kyoto Protocol it would mean we would have to cut down greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2010. Many say this number is not achievable without devastating our current economy. Others say that we can do this if we try hard and cut back on many of the things we enjoy and have come to depend on. The fact is that Canada is not in a state of readiness to commit itself to the propositions of the Kyoto Accord because there is no set plan of action to reduce greenhouse gasses and there is no room in our budget to implement these plans. The signing of the Kyoto Accord would not be in the best interest of Canadians.

Many will argue that the human impact on the environment has caused global warming. They say that human-created greenhouse gas is the main cause of the climate change and that we should significantly reduce the amount of gas that we give off. This statement is false. Carbon dioxide in the gas t

If we signed the Accord, there would be a huge change from using our conventional form of energy which is fossil fuel burning to using renewable resources to produce our energy. This would somewhat reduce the amount of carbon dioxide. This change, however, would be highly uneconomical. There would be a huge price increase in energy because it would cost a lot of money to implement the energy change. Hydrogen fuel cells would be a main source of energy and to extract the hydrogen out of the air/water takes great amounts of electricity. The electricity would have to come from somewhere, i.e. fossil fuel burning methods. This would be impractical. An article from Wednesday, September 25's The National Post states, " The Federal Government will spend at least $100-million just on the effort to develop the great Stalinist plan that will be needed to dramatically reduce energy use by the target year." As Canadians, our daily life depends on energy, especially in winter. People's wages are not going to increase to conform to this price rise in energy so how are the majority of Canadians going to afford to heat their homes and pay for their electricity as well as continue to have money for their daily life that they have come to depend on?

In conclusion, Canada has absolutely no plan on how we are going to meet the expectations of the Kyoto Accord, nor can we make room for it in our national budget without causing major economic failure. It w

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