When will the Kyoto Treaty be ratified by the United States?

I pray I'm alive to see this one settle.

Check it Out ...^ ...There is a 101% chance it will happen.

For our non-American 'Dubbers, the next presidential election will be November '08, but that person won't assume power until 1/09.

It appears you just reduced the odds of it happening to only 100% Lady.
Hope you don't mind we blame you when the shit hits the fan.

Ohhh, now now!! I shall come after you with my cane!!

Am I just bad at maths and did I accidentaly make the question out of 101%?

No, it was just the way it rounded out after some $ went in.
Once it settles out I'm going to start putting $H in one at a time to try and bring it up to 101 again.
Dirty job but somebody will have to do it.

Haha, that is commitment to the cause.
Good work Mork

I'd bet 'none of these years' but the question will take too long to settle. A similar treat my be ratified but Kyoto is dead in the U.S. The dramatic increase in consumption and pollution in China and India is pretty much proving the decision not to ratify the treaty was the right choice. The next treaty will need to deal more effectively with emerging economies. Perhaps they won't have to play by the same rules, at first, but we can't just give them carte blanche to do anything they want.

Here is what happened to the countries who were caught signing this Kyoto Protocol:


Europe, Japan Face $46 Billion Global-Warming Penalty

Twenty nations including Japan, Italy and Australia may be releasing more greenhouse-gas pollution than they agreed to under the Kyoto treaty to curb global warming

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Under the treaty, countries that are unable to meet targets must buy permits from nations that have a surplus. The government must pay the bill, and some such as Italy and Spain are requiring industry to share in the costs.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aTYTqcXZf7fE&refer=japan

It looks like yet another way to "spread the wealth around".

wow, lucky the US did not sign it

They're not only wrong, they're mean thieves, reports London's Gaurdian:

"How Going Green May Make You Mean"

"When Al Gore was caught running up huge energy bills at home at the same time as lecturing on the need to save electricity, it turns out that he was only reverting to "green" type.

According to a study, when people feel they have been morally virtuous by saving the planet through their purchases of organic baby food, for example, it leads to the "licensing [of] selfish and morally questionable behaviour", otherwise known as "moral balancing" or "compensatory ethics"
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Do Green Products Make Us Better People is published in the latest edition of the journal Psychological Science. Its authors, Canadian psychologists Nina Mazar and Chen-Bo Zhong, argue that people who wear what they call the "halo of green consumerism" are less likely to be kind to others, and more likely to cheat and steal. "Virtuous acts can license subsequent asocial and unethical behaviours."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/mar/15/green-consumers-more-likely-steal

Nursery Rhyme Ads Banned for Overstating Climate Change

Two Government advertisements which used nursery rhymes to raise awareness of climate change have been banned for overstating the risks.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/17/nursery-rhyme-ads-banned-overstating-climate-change/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fscitech+%2528Text+-+SciTech%2529

more on link from the most trusted name in news

sounds like the IPCC. :O)

yeah! it doesn't actually rhyme too!!