The reason that the United States of America did not sign the Kyoto treaty was that it was fairly obvious that the treaty was using the environmental position to steal the economic manufacturing base away from the United States, and deliver that industrial output to Japan and other nations.
Honestly, it was not in our best interest and China also agreed it was not in their best interest either.
Now the folks in Belgium are asking everyone to sign climate treaties based on global warming theory.
This could have disastrous effects on the United States whose manufacturing output has already been severely crippled, and is already down to under 9% of the jobs in the country.
Any more reduction will result in almost a complete collapse of our industrial capacity, not to mention higher unemployment.
Still, we are told by elected representatives that 2.
8 million jobs to 4.
8 million jobs will be created in the alternative energy sector if we go along with the global warming treaties and change the way we make energy and the types propulsion in the vehicles we use; trains, ships, trucks and cars.
Whereas, this may be true that it will create jobs on one hand, it will most likely take out 10 to 15 million jobs on the other; something the United States can ill afford.
Further, the entire concept of cap and trade for carbon credits is a financial disaster waiting to happen on a scale 10-times that of Enron.
Additionally, any of these treaties will make special considerations for some nations above the interests of others, and it will give enforcement power above and beyond the U.
S.
Government.
In other words the United Nations or some other group will be able to come in and fine American companies, even put them out of business or lock the doors to an industrial manufacturing facility.
Many in the past have accused the EPA of being used by competitors like a Gestapo to shut down their free market rivals, for those that have considered these elements of contention; they haven't seen anything yet.
We cannot trust global regulators of climate treaties, as they will enforce us here at home differently than they enforce other nations, based on what they feel is fair.
Unfortunately, those that think with a socialistic flair do indeed have a very different view of fairness than we do in a capitalistic nation.
We must beware of climate treaties and trust no one who is given the power to enforce them; including those fine folks in Belgium or even ourselves for that matter, history shows us that.
You have been forewarned, and I thank you for listening.