Tom Maguire thinks I'm being unfair to the enviro-skeptics by actually expecting them to present a viable alternative to Kyoto that addresses the problems of global climate change. Excuse me for doubting the good faith of the Kyoto critics but did I miss the Bush Proposal on Climate Change? Nope - there wasn't one. So here's the rough outline of an alternative to Kyoto that might make sense:
1) major investments in clean energy
2) a phased in tax on carbon emissions, and
3) a radical increase in foreign aid that's linked to forest preservation, women's education (the best form of family planning) and purchase of American-made green technology.
Waiting for the U.N. to come up with a workable policy is a foolish as waiting for the ice-caps to melt. It's way past time for America to lead, as oppose to merely kvetch, on this issue.
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