President Bush re-iterated his position in the new round of international negotiations on an agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires at the end of 2012.  According to a story by Jon Ward in the Washington Times, Bush said, “In order for there to be effective international agreements, these agreements must include solid commitments from every major economy, and no country should get a free ride.”  This means that the United States is relying on China and India to save us from energy rationing policies.  Although this shows a lack of leadership that the U. S. should be providing, the good news is that India and China look solid.  According to Barun Mitra, the director of the Liberty Institute (a fellow member of the Cooler Heads Coalition) in India, who was visiting Washington today after attending the big Heartland Institute (a fellow member of the Cooler Heads Coalition) global warming conference in New York City, access to energy is the top issue in Indian politics.  All the major parties support dramatic increases in energy production.  As Barun said, the public would quickly turn against any future government that tried to limit energy use.

If I may peek outside the Beltway for a moment, I thoroughly enjoyed Heartland’s conference and judge it a great success.  It got some negative press in the establishment media, but the event itself was heartening and energizing.  Source

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