Differentcountrieshavedifferentreactionsandopinionsregardingthisprotocol.Forexample,theUnitedStatesofAmericaandtheBushAdministrationdecidedthattheywerenotgoingtobepartofthisprotocol.TheBushAdministrationbelievesthatglobalwarmingisnotaproblemthatshouldconcernthembecausetheyinsistthatthereisnosuchthingasglobalwarming.IftheUnitedStatesdecidestobepartoftheKyotoProtocol,theenergyindustryofthiscountrywillhaveatospend$300billioninordertomeetthereductionofproductionofgreenhousegasesrequiredbytheKyotoProtocol.鈥淒onaldKennedy,editoroftherespectedjournalScience鈥agreestheadministrationispoliticizingsciencemorethanpreviousadministrations,鈥saysWilliamTriplettinhisarticle鈥淪cienceandPolitics鈥?ItisimportanttomentionthatPresidentBushandVicePresidentDickCheneyhaveextensiveprofessionalandpersonaltieswiththeenergyindustryoftheUnitedStates,whichgaveabigcontributiontotheBushcampaignandotherrepublicansenatorssuchasSen.JamesInhofe,R-Okla.JamesInhofeopposestheregulationoftheproductionofgreenhousegasesbythefederalgovernmentbecauseheclaimsthatsoundscience,whichisconsistentanddemonstratedscientificdata,doesnotsupporttheideathatsuchgasesareprovokingglobalwarming.Ontheotherhand,therearesomeRepublicansenatorsthatopposeInhofe鈥檚idea.SenatorChuckHagel,R-Nebraska,isoneofthefewleadingRepublicaninfluencingclimatechange.鈥淸Hagel]introducedthreebillsdesignedtobeeconomicjumpercablesthatwouldboostthedevelopmentofclean-energytechnologies鈥saysAmandaGriscomLittleinherarticle鈥淣ebraskaRepublicanChuckHagelChatswithGristaboutClimateChange鈥publishedbyGristMagazine.Thesebillsarefocusedontheexchangeofinternationaltechnology,whichmustbeclean-energytechnologies,andtheauthorizationof$4billionoverfiveyearstoencouragethenationaldevelopmentofnon-pollutingtechnologies.鈥淭heobjectiveistoaddresstheissueofgreenhouse-gasemissionsinarealisticandachievableway鈥explainsHagel.ObviouslytheBushAdministration鈥檚priorityistoexpendUSmoneyindefenseandwar.Moreover,theyaretryingtoconvincetheworldthathumansarenotcausingglobalwarmingbecausetheyknowthattheUSisthebiggestpollutingcountryintheworldanditwillcostthegovernmentalotofmoneytomakechangesthatwillreduceglobalwarming.IwonderwhatthepurposeofspendingallthatmoneyonawarthatissupposedtoprotecttheUScitizensfromothercountries,whenintheendweareallslowlykillingeachotherbycontaminatingtheearth.AnothercountrylikeVenezuela,whichisthethirdlargestoilexporterintheworld,isagreeabletoapprovetheKyotoProtocol.鈥淎lthoughVenezuelaisanoilexportingcountry,theamountofgreenhousegasemissionsisrelativelylow,constituting0.48%ofglobalgreenhouseemissionswhentheUnitedStatesaloneproduces35%鈥saysAnaElisaOsorio,whoistheMinisteroftheEnvironmentandNaturalResourcesofVenezuela,inthearticle鈥淰enezuelanGovernmentWillRatifytheKyotoProtocol鈥?EventhoughtVenezuelaisnotrequiredbyanyinternationalacttoaccepttheKyotoProtocol鈥檚policies,theVenezuelangovernmentisenthusiastictocooperate.OsorioconsidersittobereallyunsupportivefortheUnitedStatestorejecttheKyotoProtocol.Shequestionsthisdecisionbasedonthequantitiesofgreenhous