Where else have I heard the argument that reducing greenhouse gas emissions would hurt the economy? Oh, right! Our President!
George W. Bush, 2005: "Kyoto would have wrecked our economy.”
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - U.S. President George W. Bush said in a Danish TV interview aired Thursday that adhering to the Kyoto treaty on climate change would have "wrecked" the U.S. economy, and called U.S. dependence on Middle East oil a national security problem.
"We're hooked on oil from the Middle East, which is a national security problem and an economic security problem," Bush said in the interview with the Danish Broadcasting Corp. recorded Wednesday at the White House. Bush is to visit Denmark next week before going to a G-8 summit in Scotland.
He said the United States is looking for ways to "diversify away from fossil fuels," but defended his decision not to adhere to the Kyoto Protocol, which commits industrial nations to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.
"Kyoto would have wrecked our economy. I couldn't in good faith have signed Kyoto," Bush said, noting that the treaty didn't require other "big polluters" such as India and China to cut emissions.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8422343/Thanks for the leadership, junior. Where’s that sparrow?
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