Sunday, November 25, 2007

"Bali Hoo Is Calling"

Excerpts from this Philip Stott post:
As you will no doubt all know by now, the U.N. Conference on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be descending on the lovely (and normally peaceful) island of Bali from December 3-14. It is estimated that up to 15,000 (some say 20,000) delegates and camp followers will jet into the small Indonesian island. 7,000 Indonesian armed troops, complemented by UN Forces, will be on duty to protect the jet-setting hoards.

With the UNFCCC located at Bali’s Nusa Dua Complex, all land and sea access to that area will be heavily fortified. A ‘security sterilization’ of the area has already been introduced, starting from mid-November.
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On one calculation, flying in the 15,000 politicians, civil servants, green campaigners, and television crews will generate the equivalent of 100,000 tonnes of CO2, which represents the annual emissions of some African states, such as Chad.
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The hypocrisy is mind-blowing. Can’t these big wigs, from Al Gore through film stars to government ministers, understand how ordinary folk view the Grand Canyon of a credibility gap? With derision.
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Thus, as the Bali jamboree approaches (just count the number of such jamborees since 1987), I shall examine the hypocrisy further, and analyse precisely how echochondria plays out on the world stage through mass hysteria by proxy.

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