Going Green: The UN Leads by Example — NOT!
Perhaps we’d have less to worry about when it comes to global warming if the UN would stop blowing smoke up our areses!
Case in point: Between December 3 and December 14, The United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held at Nusa Dua on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia. (Why don’t they ever have these meetings in places like Buffalo or Cincinnati?) It will see representatives from nearly 190 nations, along with their staff, media personnel, and observers from non-governmental organizations to hammer out environmental policy and administer the soon-to-expire Kyoto Protocol (and golf, tan, play tennis, sail, fish, hit the duty-frees…) All-in-all, the delegates will number over 10,000. Their decisions will affect the way we will use energy, pay for energy and, largely, live our lives. Not the decisions about whether to snorkel or go to the masseuse between “meetings”, I mean the ones pertaining to energy consumption taxes, alternative energy strategies, minimum mpg/kl standards for motor vehicles and reallocation of energy resources. The stated intent of the conference is to create a successor to the Kyoto Protocol to be enacted by 2009 (in between the tennis, sailing and 5-star dining, of course).
So, when you have such an enormous gathering with important consequences, the attendees have to get there somehow, yes? Well, since the attendees are mostly dignitaries and, therefore, more important than the rest of us, most of them will travel by private jet. Even the lowly “support staff” (some of whose necessity of attendance is questionable) will get to fly business class. Given that Bali is a full 20,000 air miles round-trip from New York, where most of the UN delegates their staff and many of the media would be anyway, it seems an unlikely place for such a gathering. It’s almost as far from the United Nations’ international headquarters as it can be on the map.
As if the sheer distance from the UN’s New York base wasn’t enough, Asjar Effendi, operations manager for Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport, confirmed that the field can only accommodate a maximum of 15 planes for long-term storage. As a result, untold numbers of planes will end up landing at Bali, dropping off their precious human cargo, then fly to other cities all over Indonesia, where there will be room to store them. Then, at the close of the conference, they will fly back to Bali to pick up the delegates, then spirit them away to the places from whence they came. Not only will this conference needlessly take the tens of thousands of attendees, media and other hangers-on to a remote (resort) location, but the ill-preparedness of the local facility will create the need for unknown number of extra flights for the aforementioned private jets. The estimated co2 emissions will be roughly 100,000 tons. That’s more than I’ll create in a lifetime–Hell, that’s more than 20 of me would create in a lifetime! (By admission of Kevin Watkins, the UN’s very own Human Development Report Office Director, the average American has an annual carbon output of around 20 metric tons.) When it’s all said and done, you won’t have to star in CSI: Jakarta to find the huge carbon footprint left on the beaches of Bali. What makes these people think that they have any credibility when it comes to telling us we should decrease our individual carbon emissions when they perpetrate such bullshit. Additionally, after 5 days of research, I can find no information on how many of the 10,000 attendees have purchased carbon offset credits.
This fossil fuel-devouring conference is the theoretical equivalent of establishing a Conference on Ending Casual Drug Use and holding it in an Amsterdam hash bar. This smacks of irresponsibility, at the least. However, my inner cynical bastard feels like it’s something more than that. I’ve long seen the UN as an organization whose charter and principles were abandoned a long time ago. It would seem to me that the noble league has become just another excuse to have conferences in tourist-y locales like Switzerland, Morocco and Indonesia and justify their existence by having more conferences, thus perpetuating their free-wheeling free ride. It certainly seems that, when it comes to carbon emissions, the United Nations says, “Do as we say, not as we do.”
Slightly Relevant YouTube: Global Warming Vacation
Why should future generations get MY oil?
Awesome opening art ganked from FrankeJames.com.
Further reading: Daily Camera - Bali Discovery News - Triple Pundit
London Daily Telegraph - Inter Press Service
The green movement is an elitist trap and the new-new Coke+Zero Clear for Generation-Wiki.
First of all, I don’t see any real effort or movement within this clique to use any of the knowledge gleaned from environmental science to our advantage, or even an attempt to acknowledge the fact that we can now alter our environment.
Why? Because the science is being hijacked by those who see the environment as an object of worship.
The preliminary findings have been translated into an ignorant form of morality and green is just a new form of social piety. It’s more about “getting what we deserve” if we aren’t nice to the new imaginary friend, Mother Earth, than actually solving any real problem.
If our improper and irresponsible manipulation of the environment can cause, say a hurricane Katrina, then it stands to reason that the opposite is true. Why isn’t that just as significant a discovery as,“Fuck ! I just got peanut butter in your chocolate, my bad”?
“OMG! Are you suggesting that we control the weather like some Bond villain to save lives and show Underdog what happens when you cross Simon Bar Sinister? What would Malthus think? He was totally right about Vaccines. Just look at all the brown people.”
All I’m saying is, get ready to tithe for your new church. That’s a business meeting, not a conference - Those can be done over the fucking phone (or in Quel’Thalas)
It’s the greasing of palms that must be done in person.
Jim
10 Dec 07 at 5:30 am
I tend to agree, Jim.
The sheep are doing a good job at wearing me down, tho.
bagel of everything
10 Dec 07 at 6:27 am
For some interesting reading on the same subject check out archlight zero at “pro patria”
http://arclightzero.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/memo-to-the-un-its-been-fun-but-piss-off/#comments
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 11:07 am
I was reading Jims comment and found it hilarious that he referenced ” Simon Bar Sinister”
I brought it up on a another thread a while back.
On November 19, 2007 at 8:23 am micky2 Said:
If the gerbil warming inplications and suspicions were taken to court , how would it fare ?
The left is the defense and the right the prosecution.
Evidence ? Reasonable doubt ?
Can you prove to us that there is a reason myself and my family should spend the rest of our lives behind green bars and having some obscure lifestyle forced upon us ?
I think this issue should be approached in the same manner as we process our cases in court. Instead of having this crap snuck up on us in incriments and in little deceptive measures.
Why is this being allowed to flourish and be pushed when there are so many doubts still ?
Because its a capitalistic overplay of the ” better safe than sorry” philosophy
What is being played to us is that even if Gerbil warming is not all that big a threat we should perform all the measures anyway because “it could be” some day.
Social Security could “some day” be a hell of a disaster also. But that is something we could actually do something about and control.
Instead were supposed to attack and try to change the worlds weather ?
Did anyone ever see that Underdog cartoon episode where that evil scientist had a machine that could change the worlds weather ?
Uh huh, you know what I’m getting at , right ?
The earth has always eaten itself and its own shit and worse. Meteorites volcanic eruptions the size of yellowstone. I know , it was long ago and it took centuries but the earth came back.
I wonder how many documentaries that counter the gerbil warming fiasco are not getting any attention or exposure ?
I find it really strange that with all the facts that I have alone that not one show disclaiming all the bullshit has even surfaced yet.
What ? Hollywood and the libs dont want it being seen ? Or are producers already convinced it wouldnt be worth it.
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 11:23 am
Soy will have to translate all that for me. My brains are mush lately.
I’m sure the 2 of you boys will hit it off wonderfully.
bagel of everything
10 Dec 07 at 1:05 pm
Whats up bagel? You detoxing ?
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 1:23 pm
Hormonal.
bagel of everything
10 Dec 07 at 1:34 pm
I thought I smelled something.
keywork.
10 Dec 07 at 1:40 pm
Pull your head out of your ass
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 1:47 pm
In my opinion, the whole “global warming”industry is about 4 things:
1) The usurping of economic and governmental power by threat of catastrophic climatic change
2) The misdirection of our own attention away from other serious issues like the erosion of civil rights around the world
3) The movement (under diplomatic duress) of capital and wealth from the developed nations to the “developing” nations and their respective despots. (The UN has been hijacked by Third World thugs for years now.
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4) The economic interests of the inside players (i.e. Al Gore and his ‘carbon credits’ scheme).
This meeting has gone on for a week. How much have you heard about what’s going on there in the “mainstream media” ? (BTW, I include Hannity, Limbaugh and Fox News in the category of “mainstream”. I mean, come on… They’re not reading talking points, too?)
The earth may be getting warmer, but the evidence tends to disprove, rather than prove carbon emissions and greenouse gasses are the cause.
Soylent Ape
10 Dec 07 at 7:53 pm
The evidence actually proves we are going thru a cycle.
I have it somewhere, and I’ll only search for it if some moonbat really pisses me off.
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 8:05 pm
Oh by the way soy. The 5th thing is more than likely an attempt at worldwide collectivism, which kinda goes hand in hand with your #3
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 8:07 pm
MIcky, I am /so/ with you there.
Soylent Ape
10 Dec 07 at 10:45 pm
Hopefully, and actually I’m positive about it. I think its gonna peter out like a fad.
No doubt it will cause alot of damage before that happens. But just like the water scare 15-20 years ago when bottled water became huge, people will start getting hip to this shit.
The moonbats/chicken littles will of sold all the umbrellas and hard hats they can get away with and people will start looking aroung and go hmmm…
Sky didnt fall yet.
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 10:55 pm
I guess the killer point I forgot to mention was that now the two top selling bottled waters, bottled by Pepsi and Coke, are nothing more than tap water.
Heres a video done by Penn & Teller showing just how fucking easy it is to get folks to buy shit , or not buy shit out of fear. Moonbats signing a petition to ban water.
Ya gotta see this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw
micky2
10 Dec 07 at 11:18 pm
“In my opinion, the whole “global warming”industry is about 4 things:
1) The usurping of economic and governmental power by threat of catastrophic climatic change
2) The misdirection of our own attention away from other serious issues like the erosion of civil rights around the world
3) The movement (under diplomatic duress) of capital and wealth from the developed nations to the “developing” nations and their respective despots. (The UN has been hijacked by Third World thugs for years now.
-and-
4) The economic interests of the inside players (i.e. Al Gore and his ‘carbon credits’ scheme).
This meeting has gone on for a week. How much have you heard about what’s going on there in the “mainstream media” ? (BTW, I include Hannity, Limbaugh and Fox News in the category of “mainstream”. I mean, come on… They’re not reading talking points, too?)
The earth may be getting warmer, but the evidence tends to disprove, rather than prove carbon emissions and greenouse gasses are the cause.”
damn soy, you putting a platform together to run for something?
SEOHack
11 Dec 07 at 12:57 am
Global warming, I can buy. Climate change, I can buy. Carbon credits? Um, no.
The way I see it, the climate is going to change whether we like it or not. These things happen. They’ve been happening since the climate was created. Granted, there may be a small (read: really small) human impact on the climate but not enough to really change that much. Going the other way isn’t going to do much of anything, either. Too much needless worrying about carbon footprints and not enough preparation for the inevitable.
Cody
11 Dec 07 at 4:29 am
Unfortunatly its not just carbon credits that are going to be imposed on us.
Paper recycling is a hustle and a joke, aluminum recycling iis big business that has little to do with our environment. As a matter of fact its a nasty polluting process in itself. Hybrids and the production of any so called “eco friendly car” is another hustle. Those huge poorly made batteries have to be recycled. And the car itself cost a fortune to maintain. Surveys show that most people buy them out of vanity.
You have TV networks like NBC running a ” green ” theme for a whole week , telling us all how we can save the earth by buying and installing windmills, solar panels, eco friendly A/Cs, water heaters, reefers, washers, driers, and those stupid ass light bulbs full of mercury that no one really recycles. Problem is this…
GENERAL ELECTRIC OWNS NBC ! And GE makes all the above mentioned products.
So you see Cody, they are trying (and succeeding) to sell us more than some carbon credits. Right now you cant give a carbon credit away. If the Goraclr gets it his way they’ll all be trading them on Wall street in a few years. That when he’s going to hit his motherload.
micky2
11 Dec 07 at 10:16 am
I happened to watch a Penn and Teller episode on recycling not too long ago. And I already knew the bit about hybrid cars being badges of environmentalism more than anything else. That’s why so many people buy Priuses (Prius is a hard word to make plural). They look like hybrids. It’s a status symbol. I say it looks like crap, and I’d rather have a Mustang.
Anyways, I think, realistically, hybrid cars are more about saving money on gas than being environmentally friendly. I don’t really care about saving the environment as much as I care about saving money.
Cody
11 Dec 07 at 6:51 pm
Thats why I hoard cans and sell them. I get about a hundred a week.
It funny when I go to the recycler to cash them in. I look like a moonbat hippie.
Hair down to my ass, tie die, lots of silver. The greenies compliment me on my load by saying stupid shit like “good effort brother” ” we need more like you out there”
I tell em “fuck that shit , I need the money”
Funnier than shit to watch their howdy doody smile melt away. And then I light a cigarette.
With the money I buy food from the food bank and hand it out to the homeless.
They know how to party. No complexes, ya know.
micky2
11 Dec 07 at 7:57 pm
Cody: The whole concept of buying/selling “Carbon Credits” strikes me as being as silly as the Catholic Church selling “indulgences”. Instead of trying to encourage humanity to act more environmentally responsible, this scheme will enable offenders to keep on offending. This is why I contend it’s al about making a buck.
@ SEO: No, man. I feel dirty just thinking about running for office. In fact, I need a shower now.
@Micky2: I would’ve loved to have been there at the recycling center when you did that! Completely awesome!
Soylent Ape
11 Dec 07 at 10:33 pm
News flash !
Climate scientists from three American universities have published peer-reviewed research indicating global warming cannot be affected or modified by controlling the emission of greenhouse gases , and that current greenhouse computer models saying otherwise are wrong. The report in the International Journal of Climatology of the Royal Meteorological Society was written by professors from the universities of Rochester, Alabama and Virginia.
Lead author David Douglass of Rochester writes “The inescapable conclusion is that the human contribution is not significant and that observed increases in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases make only a negligible contribution to climate warming.”
The report says satellite data indicates greenhouse computer models ignore the mitigating effects of clouds and water vapor on the warming properties of carbon dioxide. It says climate change is most likely caused by variations in solar winds and associated magnetic fields.
Looks they forgot to exclude the clouds.
micky2
11 Dec 07 at 11:55 pm
Soy in 08. Dreamin’ the Dream of Dreamers who Dream Dreams.
You got any campaign buttons yet?
SEOHack
12 Dec 07 at 4:31 pm
Yea, hes making them out of bottle caps.
micky2
12 Dec 07 at 4:53 pm
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