It’s often argued that the mid-late 1990s international deals on reducing acid rain and ozone depletion provide a great model for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They don’t. In both cases the costs were much higher and the effects much less than the environmental lobby likes to admit – exactly what we’re seeing in Europe and other Kyoto countries right now. So here are two essays form a while back reminding us of the inadequacies of the model:

Paul is now Executive Director of the Center for Science and Public Policy, while Ben is now a Senior Policy Analyst at the Heritage Foundation.