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Originally Posted by Maroon 300D
Well I suppose the only reason to hoard it is that most of our oil comes from other nations; if we were on bad terms with these nations in the future, we would ostensibly no longer have access to their oil.
As to the other points, I can't say I disagree with them. I feel that when the U.S. is ready to mandate more serious emissions cuts, though, we ought to do what we can without worrying whether other countries are following our lead or not. If we were to lead by example in this regard we could get the rest of the world to follow soon enough.
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Money is still money. While the ME is hostile to us our money is just as green as anyone's so they will take it.
As far as emmissions, why do we care if other countries are going to follow us or not? Why do we bother to lead, follow or get out of the way? Kyoto was a bad idea which would hamstring us so I am glad that Bush stood up and told them to take it and shove it. That does not mean I don't think we should or shouldn't do it. We should do it but according to OUR timetable and not some unfair timetable that benifits other but hurts us.