Peter Webb
12/13/2010 4:42:00 AM
"asdf" <asdf@nowhere.nowhere> wrote in message
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> Peter Webb wrote:
>> "dechucka" <vomit@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Peter Webb" <webbfamily@DIESPAMDIEoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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>>>> World's nations unanimously make non-binding agreement to reduce CO2
>>>> emissions to unspecified levels at some future time.
>>>
>>> That doesn't really seem to be what your cite is saying.
>>
>> OK.
>>
>> Is it binding?
>>
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> No. It's a statement of intention.
>
"Non-binding"
>> Does it specify the CO2 emmissions level?
>>
>
> No. It's a statement of intention.
>
"unspecified levels"
>> Does it specify a date by which these cuts will be implemented?
>>
>
> No. It's a statement of intention.
>
"unspecifed future time"
Sounds like I was spot-on.
>> Exactly which part of "World's nations unanimously make non-binding
>> agreement to reduce CO2 emissions to unspecified levels at some future
>> time." do you think is incorrect?
>
>
> No. It's a statement of intention.
>
> Peter, Peter, Pontificator can't see the wood for the trees again.
>
> ...and the idiot thinks he thinks something about diplomacy.
>
> Stop looking at the details, and please, for the love of your chosen
> deity, please try to embrace the bigger picture.
Of course you don't want people to look at the details.
The detail is that the agreement is non-binding, does not specify CO2
reductions, and provides no date for this unspecified cuts to be made by.
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> I'm not holding my breath.
>
> [snip rest of irrelevance]
And Combet called this a "breakthrough" !