MasterXtreme
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« Reply #1483 on: 2017-06-01 18:43:33 » |
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President Trump pulled out of the Paris Accord today. World leaders denounced this as have the liberal/Democrat left. Most people are simply going off party lines, not actuallt realizing what the accord was, as it has simply been labeled a climate change plan. Let me educate you.
In short, The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and – for the first time – brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort. It isn't a matter of fact in this stage and still in the working stages, allowing countries to be flexible. Nothing in the current treaty is legally binding.
White House aides said the administration would withdraw from the Paris accord using the process laid out in the agreement. Under this process, the U.S. wouldn’t fully withdraw until November 2019.
The countries most affected by the bill are developed nations, who will have to foot the bill. The majority spender by over 95% would be the United States, having to foot the bill for other countries. So when countries like China and India say they are sticking with the accord, if you read the accord, they don't actually have to change their industrial patterns or pay into the accord for half a century. So short term, why should they care? The accord also allows anyone to leave, as there is no legal binding force to it. So any country can leave at anytime. Germany, and Canada say they are sticking with the accord, but again, it really means nothing. They don't have to actually pay or contribute to it for a long time.
The accord would hurt many businesses in the US right away, such as the coal industry, which is already devastated. This won't effect many European countries because many do not have to start taking action anytime soon. Only the US is forced to take action, which would hurt American jobs.
Pres. Obama, legally, was supposed to have the accord pass through Senate, but didn't. So I guess you could say what he did was illegal. Pres. Obama didn't run this through congress, because he knew any rational person would ever approve of it.
It should be no shock nearly every country signed into the accord, because they knew the United States would pretty much be the only country to abide by it and redistribute wealth to other countries for "green energy projects". Why wouldn't you sign onto something that would put the greatest, most powerful country in the world at a disadvantage? But that also bring into question the motivations of former President Obama too, who continually tried to lower America's status to a more level playing field with the world.
So in reality, if you live in the US, this is a great day for the American people. Not only will it help the American economy, it will also help the global economy, because the US is the biggest producer and provider of materials in the world. Pollution in the US has gone down year after year in the past decade, and is already down 27%. The private sector is continually creating more efficient and green ways for energy and manufacturing, and we don't need an accord to tell us how it should be done. We need to do what is right for America, and what is right for us, is right for the world... ultimately.
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