Kyoto Protocol back on the boil?<\/p>\n
The recent signing by Indonesia of the Kyoto Protocol is an
\nimportant step forward in exploring new concepts of how the
\nworld's energy options can be better managed.<\/p>\n
An excellent grasp of the formula involved in proceeding with
\nthe Kyoto Protocol was summed up clearly and objectively in your
\neditorial of July 1.<\/p>\n
There are valid reasons for supporting investment in new
\nalternatives to fossil and nuclear fuels. Stuart E. Eizenstat,
\nthe chief American negotiator for the Clinton administration at
\nthe 1997 Kyoto Conference, wrote in the New York Times on July 6:
\n\"Waiting to address global warming would be a reckless gamble. If
\npresent trends continue, green house gas concentrations -- during
\nthe lifetimes of children born today -- will reach levels higher
\nthan in the last 50 million years\".<\/p>\n
Of the 154 signatories at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, many are
\nstill procrastinating, some have adopted a strangely non-
\ncharacteristic, non-laissez-faire position, and yet now with
\nIndonesia's signing the opportunity to move to a new, progressive
\nstage is tantalizingly close.<\/p>\n
Current history, with its geopolitical energy issues, would
\nalso suggest the Kyoto Protocol is back on the boil. Chevron-
\nTexaco is to be congratulated for its investment in a new
\ngeneration of geothermal energy in Indonesia, and for the
\ndevelopment of technologies that can allow the economical
\nproduction of cleaner, cheaper, safer energy.<\/p>\n
GREG WARNER
\nJakarta<\/p>",
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