In 2005 when Kyoto went into effect Gore said this:
Gore says Bush’s rejection of Kyoto puts the U.S. economy "at risk by encouraging delusionary business decisions."
"Businesses lulled into a false sense that there is no problem are going to find themselves facing much tougher competition in the global marketplace from competitors who have adapted to the emerging reality that the world begins to embrace tomorrow," Gore told reporters.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/...
Astonishingly you can hear the same from Bush's own
nominee for Treasury Secretary, Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr.
The Kyoto Protocol is a key first step to help slow the onslaught of global warming and benefit conservation efforts…Until the United States passes its own limits on global warming emissions, innovative companies based here will lose out on opportunities to sell reduced emission credits to companies complying with the Kyoto Protocol overseas. Additionally, without enacting our own emission limits, U.S. companies will lose ground to their competitors in Europe, Canada, Japan, and other countries participating in the Protocol who are developing clean technologies.
http://thinkprogress.org/...
I hate to say that Gore was right again, but what the hell. He was.