One might recall that many delegations arrived in Kyoto resignedly willing to accept the idea of a tax on greenhouse-gas emissions, or at least on carbon dioxide, the most commonly encountered greenhouse gas. The US delegation, dispatched by a government intent on reducing state intervention in the economy, declared itself vehemently opposed to the idea.
曾记得当年许多国家代表团启程奔赴日本京都之时，都是准备好了要接受对温室气体排放征税，至少是对二氧化碳这种最常见的温室气体征税这一理念的。然而美国当时却是由一个希望减少国家干涉经济的政府主政，因此它派出的代表团则强烈反对这一理念。