More proof that Europe sucks ass.....

[mburbank]

Wow, Vince. Europe is really big place with a lot of countries. Do they really all 'suck ass', or is that just a really ignorant, lazy, slipshod title for this thread?

It WAS a really cold winter. I wonder how much our greenhouse emissions went up? If ours went up more than the EU per capita, does that mean we suck MORE ass than Europe? Or is it the fact that their greenhouse emission went up AND they signed the Kyoto Protocol? Do you see that as in some way hypocritical?

While I certainly see this as a bad sign for their level of progress, since the signatpory commitments are not to take effect until 2008-20012 (as stated in the article you pasted) how do you see this as a sign that they 'suck ass' as opposed to say, had a much colder winter than last year? Since the US has refused to even sign on to reduction goals as anything beyond voluntary, might it not be the US that 'sucks ass'?

Perhaps you are reffring to this line:
"On present trends, it appears to stand almost no chance of keeping its promise. "

That would indeed, 'suck ass', but it presumes no progress between now and 2008. Think of all the money England had to sink into the war this year that might otherwise have gone to green technologies. Think of the current state of the world economoy. Are you saying you believe the world economoy will not improve over the next six years? That's a pretty gloomy prediction.

"The Europeans have all along been the protocol's most enthusiastic supporters, and their faltering performance will be deeply embarrassing to them. "
I agree. That embrassment might even spur them to work harder. It might spur european voters to elect people more commited to reducing global warming. That would significantly reverse the 'present trend'.

So I guess I'm mystified by your choice of the phrase 'suck ass', unless it was some veiled reference to bio-methane.

I hope you were deeply gratified by how I responded to the article.