> To be fair, there's yellowish smog over many cities these days, usually as 
> seen from the top of the bridges coming into the city. LA is the reason 
> california passed stricter car pollution laws than anyone else in the 
> world 20 years ago.

How come people can still drive around Hummers that do 10mpg then?

> So, yeah, we're working on it. One problem is that Kyoto doesn't put 
> limits on pollution, but on energy use. If you find a way to burn coal 
> completely without pollution, you're still screwed.

Kyoto sets targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Here's a map of who's in and who's out:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Kyoto_Protocol_participation_map_2005.png

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