China has indicated that it is likely to scupper a far-reaching climate deal at Copenhagen as Gordon Brown downgraded his ambitions for the outcome of the 192-nation summit on global warming.
The Copenhagen Summit is like a bacon producer phoning up an Israeli supermarket, getting politely declined and sending their sales team anyway: a team selling something that has not only been refused, but which the client has no incentive whatsoever to buy. Anyone in a company who did this would be fired or sent for psychological evaluation.
But no. We sent thousands of people at a huge cost to the taxpayer (and the environment) to a conference which was going to result in nothing but political blather (and anyone who'd read the position of China and India knew this).
"Anyone in a company who did this would be fired or sent for psychological evaluation."
ReplyDeleteI actually LOL'd at that.
What's even madder is the Chinese saying they'll install green frippery if the US pays them to do so. Seeing as the US already owes China about $1,000 billion I'm just not sure how that's going to work. Unless the crafty Chinese know perfectly well that the USA can't possibly afford it and is calling their bluff?
"Unless the crafty Chinese know perfectly well that the USA can't possibly afford it and is calling their bluff?"
ReplyDeleteIt's more than "can't possibly afford", I think. More like "won't pay for that".
It strikes me that the whole thing isn't just about bullshitting the public, but also about bullshitting the greenies. They're so naive that they probably think a government promising to meet a 2050 target are serious (never trust anyone who makes a promise which occurs after they are in the ground).