What is the impact of the Kyoto Protocol on the hydrogen economy?
Back to FAQs The main goal of the Kyoto Protocol is to reduce the quantity of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the atmosphere. The use of hydrogen eliminates CO2 from vehicular exhaust and should be Kyotos top priority. Unfortunately, for those countries that have signed and intend to honor this protocol, the net effect will be to transfer billions of dollars to purchase carbon credits that could have been spent moving to a hydrogen economy. Fortunately, the United States did not sign the Kyoto Protocol, Prime Minister Blair of Great Britain has announced his withdrawal from Kyoto, and Canada is appearing less and less willing to suffer the huge economic disadvantages that it entails. Further, there is growing skepticism that global warming has anything to do with human activity, as there have been many previous periods of global warming, the last of which melted glaciers that covered much of Canada. It is unlikely that Kyoto would impede the implementation of Greenshield, as the fed
