Do you know exactly what the Kyoto Accord was all about? Basically it said that signers had to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by a certain percentage by a certain date or be fined. Bush has been blasted again and again for not signing Kyoto, both by Americans and the world. Canadians were expecially vehement in their condemnation of Bush for ignoring Kyoto.

Here's the rub.... Since the Accords were signed, Canada'a greenhosue emission have gone up, while the United States' have gone down slightly. I read this as an aside in an article somewhere, and have no links or other proof to back it up, but it rings true to me.

The worst part is the hypocrisy. The US Conference of Governors decided to say they were going to take measures to cut greenhouse gasses. It made the masses happy and got them some votes. What would it take to actually do something about emissions? You'd have to close plants (layoffs!), or ration electricity (the children are cold now, what about the children?!), or do other things that will piss off those same people that are so in love with Kyoto. This is where idealism and reality intersect, and not smoothly. It's great to say we should cut gas emissions, but actually doing it would cause too many inconveniences, and cause the politicians who institute such measures to be voted out of office. Oh well, we can just blame Bush anyway.

EDIT: I looked and found more data on emissions. The US has not gone down, but it has risen only slightly, whereas many of the Kyoto countries, ESPECIALLY the European countries, have risen in much larger amounts. Italy was up like 46%.