Green Energy
heh.
Heritage Foundation:
Live at Copenhagen: Great news - Copenhagen is a disaster
Posted December 16th, 2009 at 10.51am .
The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Groves and Ben Lieberman are live at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference reporting from a conservative perspective. Follow their reports on The Foundry and at the Copenhagen Consequences Web site.
“Collapsing in chaos” is a phrase the media is using to describe the Copenhagen climate conference, and that certainly is the feeling among many here at the Bella Center. Little has gone right, and indeed many registered participants were never even let in. The Danish minister in charge has resigned. Now, those of us who managed to make it in may get turned away for the crucial last two days Thursday and Friday.
Substantively, it looks as though little has been accomplished towards binding emissions targets to replace the expiring provisions in the existing Kyoto Protocol. The reason is simple - reducing carbon dioxide emissions is prohibitively expensive. The citizens of none of the 192 nations represented here really want this done to them. Certainly not Americans, whose concern for global warming is plummeting while concern for the economy and jobs remains high. Not the Europeans whose words are rarely backed up by actions- many have not reduced their emissions under Kyoto yet are asking for tougher targets here. And not developing nations who insist on being exempted from any binding targets while demanding aid packages in the hundreds of billions annually, well above anything the developed world is willing to offer.
Other than side deals on programs to reduce deforestation and a few others, it looks like nothing will be decided by Friday other than to meet again in 2010 and keep trying. But things won’t get any easier by then.
Despite all the people turned away from this UN conference, it looks like one unwelcome intruder made it in - reality. Stringent energy rationing provisions in the name of fighting global warming are more trouble than they are worth. We will know for sure by Friday, but Copenhagen could spell the beginning of the end to the failed Kyoto approach.
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Green Energy
Collapsing In Chaos
heh.
Heritage Foundation:
Live at Copenhagen: Great news - Copenhagen is a disaster
Posted December 16th, 2009 at 10.51am .
The Heritage Foundation’s Steven Groves and Ben Lieberman are live at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference reporting from a conservative perspective. Follow their reports on The Foundry and at the Copenhagen Consequences Web site.
“Collapsing in chaos” is a phrase the media is using to describe the Copenhagen climate conference, and that certainly is the feeling among many here at the Bella Center. Little has gone right, and indeed many registered participants were never even let in. The Danish minister in charge has resigned. Now, those of us who managed to make it in may get turned away for the crucial last two days Thursday and Friday.
Substantively, it looks as though little has been accomplished towards binding emissions targets to replace the expiring provisions in the existing Kyoto Protocol. The reason is simple - reducing carbon dioxide emissions is prohibitively expensive. The citizens of none of the 192 nations represented here really want this done to them. Certainly not Americans, whose concern for global warming is plummeting while concern for the economy and jobs remains high. Not the Europeans whose words are rarely backed up by actions- many have not reduced their emissions under Kyoto yet are asking for tougher targets here. And not developing nations who insist on being exempted from any binding targets while demanding aid packages in the hundreds of billions annually, well above anything the developed world is willing to offer.
Other than side deals on programs to reduce deforestation and a few others, it looks like nothing will be decided by Friday other than to meet again in 2010 and keep trying. But things won’t get any easier by then.
Despite all the people turned away from this UN conference, it looks like one unwelcome intruder made it in - reality. Stringent energy rationing provisions in the name of fighting global warming are more trouble than they are worth. We will know for sure by Friday, but Copenhagen could spell the beginning of the end to the failed Kyoto approach.
- Report: Obama Offers Un Climate Agreement That Doesn’t Need Congressional Approval
Regime Change Will Be Necessary From the Daily Caller: The Obama administration is quietly forging ahead with plans to offer up an international commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to fight global warming — without congressional...
- Peace Love And All That Crap In Copenhagen
So much for making prgogress with the Chinese and Indians over the past couple weeks. At least they kept their word on what they were going to do. Newsmax: Walkout Stokes Fears of Failure at Climate Summit Monday, 14 Dec 2009 02:55 PM COPENHAGEN – Developing...
- "the U.s Has Made Some Progress With The Chinese And The Indians Over The Past Couple Of Weeks
The Chinese and the Indians would beg to differ. As would Brazilians and South Africans. Maybe they believe the emails. . . (someone better tell Gibbs before he looks even stupider. . .) India Times: Copenhagen conference: India, China plan joint exit...
- Now, The Usa Is Giving Aid To China?
Shouldn't it be the other way around? From Gateway Pundit: State Department Announces China Will Get US Aid to Fight Non-Existent Global WarmingThe State Department announced on Friday that China will get financial and technological assistance to...
- U.n. 'climate Change' Plan Would Likely Shift Trillions To Form New World Economy
Climate Change (whatever happened to the term "Global Warming"?) is a trojan horse for a Socialist takeover of the world's marketplaces. This has been obvious from the beginning, but it is becoming more and more obvious, because the closer these maniacs...