Whatever you do, PLEASE don't disappoint the "Carbon Markets Association"

Excerpt from this article:

“Negotiations in Bali cannot afford to fail,” said Adam Nathan, director of communications for the Carbon Markets Association, an international industry trade association. “It is vitally important that ministers meeting in Bali do not let the date for a new global agreement slip beyond 2009, as this will send a weak signal to the carbon markets.”

Well, we certainly want to avoid that at all costs, am I correct?

From the CMA web site:

Our members in the CMA provide highly-skilled jobs and value added to the British economy through the offer of services to the growing global market for the management of climate change responsibilities.

After reading the above sentence, is it clear that the CMA will someday deliver a measurable amount of cooling to the world's thermometers?

Is it fair to suggest that Exxon is evil because they're motivated by money, and that the "Carbon Markets Association" is clearly a simon-pure organization motivated only by love for our shared environment?

Let's say we had evidence of imperfections in our surface temperature data (for example, problems with hot car radiators, barbeques, etc placed near the thermometers). Let's say the magnitude of those imperfections was likely far larger than any "cooling" effect of anything that the CMA is likely to ever do. In this situation, would the CMA acknowledge reality and immediately close up shop?

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I'm no fan of Exxon, but I will say this: When you fork over real money for a gallon of unleaded gasoline, you do get an actual gallon of fuel that you can use to transport your family to a real physical destination.

When you fork over money to climate change bureaucrats, it's almost certain that no one will receive any measurable temperature "benefit" in return.