It’s Christmas – One More Reason Japan Can Not Meet It’s Kyoto Protocol Goals
It must be Christmas. And all through the Japanese house, nobody is worried about meeting Kyoto Protocol Goals.
Here’s yet another example -
Visitors can be seen wandering through the Kobe Luminarie in central Kobe.
The event, which will run through Dec 15, apparently has been held annually since 1996.
The event is staged in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and to commemorate reconstruction efforts of Kobe and its vicinity.
Maybe the best way to memorialize the victims would be for Japan to honor its Kyoto Protocol.
Here is the Caretta OCEAN Christmas 2008 at Shiodome in Tokyo.
This illumination goes from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. through Dec 25.
Got to admit, it sure looks pretty, eh?
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December 8, 2008
The US Govt doesn’t care. The US industry doesn’t care. The majority of the US people doesn’t care enough either to protest strong enough to change policy and rather prefer to sit in their comfy chairs playing the role of an armchair activists.
We are headed to global disaster and we persist in maintaining the course because hey, we are now in crisis and employment and votes are more important than where we live in.
Blame Japan as much as you want for christmas lights. But Japan did ratify the Kyoto protocol. Unlike the US, which is also the top contaminating country in the world. You should be ashamed of even rising these issues on the Japanese.
December 9, 2008
China exceeds the US emission rate. India is, or is close to, exceeding it, now, too.
i agree that it is silly to blame the Japanese for memorializing their earthquake victims. Did i say silly? I meant ’sad.’