Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Promoting The Age of Stupid
There will be more than 100 special events and speakers happening at various cinemas, including actor Pete Postlethwaite, climate change Minister Ed Miliband, should-be Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, Stern Report author Nick Stern, director Franny Armstrong, producer Lizzie Gillett, climate change consultant Mark Lynas, actor Jason Isaacs, comedian Jeremy Hardy, Transition Towns-founder Rob Hopkins and former Director of FOE Tony Juniper.
Youth Make [Stupid] Intervention at UN Meeting - What's With The Climate?
To the USA, Australia, Japan, Canada, the EU and New Zealand – frankly, your targets are, well, a little bit stupid. You’ve got only a few months to improve your positions, so start working harder.

To developing countries: You too must make take on ambitious targets – we can’t solve climate change without you.

Now, everybody, consider this next question carefully –
how old will you be in 2050?

I will be 66, hoping to retire after four decades of work overseeing the total decarbonisation of society. As youth, we commit to working with you now and over the next 40 years to achieve this transformation.
Reality hits Obama Express - Mike Allen - POLITICO.com
Officials are most pessimistic about his energy and global warming [scam] plan, with many aides doubting he will win passage of a cap-and-trade emissions reduction system, which is strongly opposed by business and Republicans.

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