http://news.independent.co.uk/enviro...icle335198.ece

Britain and Sweden are the only European countries honouring their Kyoto commitments to cut greenhouse gasses, according to a think-tank report. Although the US is portrayed as the ecological villain for refusing to sign up to the agreement, 10 out of the 15 European Union signatories - including Ireland, Italy and Spain - will miss their targets without urgent action, the Institute for Public Policy Research found.
France, Greece and Germany are given "amber warnings" and will only achieve the objectives if planned policies are successfully carried out......

Add China, Canada and Brazil to the list please

Who called it? (Hint: The answer rhymes with "key", starts with an "m" and ends with an "e")

China is exempt from the Kyoto Protocols as they have "developing nation" status.

So the Europeans are going to miss their targets at least they are making some sort of effort unlike my host country.

Politics IS hypocrisy in action.

Wow Rabs, you outdid yourself again. You missed out Holland in your list. I'm paying all sort of taxes nowadays so we can meet the agreements. But if you call those who won't make it hypocrits, what do you call the US. They are the major contributor to the polution problem. Because you want to drive for half a buck for a gallon and a '56 Chevy to any given location on any given time.
Maybe we are hypocrits because we are not taking this so serious any longer because the US and China will polute the world for us. Who cares if we just manage to get lifeforms back into our little canals. On a scale of one to ten this is about 0,000015 on that scale. We need everybody to at least try and do something about it.
Maybe we are hypocrites because we say that we'll cut polution of CO2 and fail. I call it egoistic to not even try and political cowardice not to address this problem. If you know it is an unpopular subject, that doesn't make it any less important. Better a failing hypocrite then a desinterested coward.

Ted, I believe that some states in the US have already taken on the requirements of the protocol despite the squeals of anguish from big business.

A nation is not hypocritical if it attempts to comply with the requirement. At least they tried.

(and before anybody says anything I know Australia isn't a signatory to the agreement)

We have laws in the US that aim to limit greenhouse gas emissions and the use of Ethanol is on the rise with more and more vehicles designed to run on E-85.

And yes, I would bet money that the US did not sign partially because China is not subject to the accords and if they are allowed to grow and grow while we have to stop we fall behind in what could possibly become a new cold war.

Okay, everyone says that America is destorying the environment.

Man has been on this Earth for about Two Million Years. And within those two million years. Man has become industrialized within the last 100 years. That's less than a mili-second in the time of the world. When a Volcano erupts. It pumps out more carbon dioxide and other pollutants in five minutes than what man has done in fifty years.

Man is the top creature of nature. We don't destory the environment. We are the environment. Once you damn hippies figure that out ans shut up. The world will be a better place.

And lastly, we hunters help the environment in the USA more than damn hippies do.

Because you want to drive for half a buck for a gallon and a '56 Chevy to any given location on any given time.

Not only do we want to but we CAN, preferbally with some Johnny Cash on the radio, and a 12 point buck in the back. Thank you Tedith the Redith for pointing out why America is the finest nation on earth.