AGW agit-prop from international group of local government officials

Local leaders OK post-Kyoto plan | The Japan Times Online:
"'It's easy to set the bar low. But we wanted to set targets that will actually help curb greenhouse gas emissions,' said ICLEI President David Cadman, who is also a city councilor from Vancouver, British Columbia."

Just to keep things in perspective, the greenhouse effect makes the earth around 30 C degrees warmer than it would be otherwise. Quite simply, it is the difference between a lush and living planet and a dead rock like most of the inner planets.

Of the total greenhouse effect, about 95% is due to water vapor which is not on the Kyoto hit list. When you focus on CO2, as Kyoto does, and tease out the anthropogenic component, you get to a proportion of about twelve cents in a hundred dollars. It is arguable that cutting this small about by a few percent from its current levels would be statistically indistinguishable from the background variation in the composition of the atmosphere. Yet, for the illusion of doing something, we would be making real sacrifices in living standards.