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Originally Posted by habernac
Agreed with the subsidy thing. The hybrids are too expensive for the average joe to buy (I don't think they're that ugly myself, but that's just me).
Everyone just needs to bike to work, then the air quality would be better.
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Agreed!
Plus there wouldn't be as many overweight people and cardiac arrests.
The U.S. already gives out subsidies to people who buy hybrid vehicles. This is probably a different option, compared to Kyoto - the made in U.S. solution...
However, it is interesting to note that the "Made in Canada solution" term was actually coined by the CEO of an oil company... I can't remember which one... Exxon perhaps. So right there, I am a little skeptical of the motives of the Canadian government.
It's also interesting to note that on the same day that Harper denounced Kyoto during the campaign, all the nonsigning countries of Kyoto (along with the major oil companies) met in Australia - without any press acknowledgement. So, regardless of Kyoto, there must be another option out there, right?
But what about the political and diplomatic repercussions of not fufilling our Kyoto mandates? I mean, look at all the slack the U.S. gets for not following UN resolutions (Iraq...). Obviously the global community is behind Kyoto, or else it never would have been ratified. Plus, since Ambrose is the chair of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change this year (which is the over-looking body of the Kyoto protocol), it looks even worse for Canada in international proceedings to pull out.