What Is the Carbon Footprint of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference?
Posted: Sunday, December 06, 2009
by Joel Kontinen
http://joelkontinen.blogspot.com/
The United Nations estimates that the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference will generate some 40,584 metric tons of carbon dioxide, as Al Gore and other climate activists (one might be tempted to say "alarmists" but since I would definitely prefer to keep this article as objective as I can, I have decided to stick to the more neutral term "activist") come visiting the tidy Danish capital that once inspired Hans Christian Andersen to write about The Little Mermeid, Ugly Duckling and other fascinating stories.
Now, truth be told, 40,584 metric tons is no small amount. It roughly corresponds to the annual CO 2 emissions that all Moroccans all the way from His Majesty King Mohammed VI sitting on his lofty throne to the lowest shoeshine boy desperately waiting for customers on a busy sidewalk (or pavement, whichever you prefer to call it) in Rabat, the capital, not forgetting every speedboat, helicopter, taxi, bus, motorbike, goat and camel - spew into the cloudless blue skies above the scintillating Mediterranean waters, the hot dry Sahara Desert and the biting and cold not-so-cloudless Atlas Mountains.
So, let me ask a humble question: Is the venerable UN absolutely sure that a climate change conference is the best way to cut carbon dioxide emissions?
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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)What a brilliant twist your article is! I just love it! Enjoy your day-:) ~mogama~Thanks, Mogama.
Very interesting and enjoyable read - love your point to ponder! MarijoThanks, Marijo. I was just basically asking questions.
Another great article about the politicizing of science. Yeah, the carbon footprint is huge for this thing, kind of like the footprint for flying Fiji water to coffeeshops across America: not much sense in it. Thanks for calling it as it is.Thanks Michael. Yes, there are occasions when actions speak louder than words, even in science.
Well said...take a look at my blog for links to an excellent article on the "smoking gun of ClimateGate" just go to thevailspot at blogspot dot com. I can't post the article or graphs I found here on searchwarp, but you'll find some information that will probably open your eyes a bit.ThanksRichThanks for the tip. I took a look at your blog. Interesting articles you have there. Joelmy pleasure, come back often as I do find more/newer information. What I find most heartening, is that despite the "monolithic" presentation of our media that Europe is in "lock-step" on "global-warming" that there are in fact dissenting voices over yonder. Thanks for posting this article.RichThanks. Actually just yesterday I watched a TV program in which 5 earth or space science professors - all from the EU - voiced their doubts about man made global warming.Regards,Joel.
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