Apr 30 2007
How many government officials and climate change experts does it take to wreck the planet?
Judged by their own standards the people assembling in Thailand to “save the planet” have just helped wreck it. Their combined carbon footprint must be large when you add the energy in their luxury hotels to the jet travel and the food miles they are enjoying together.
I would feel better about it if I thought some good would come out of it, but Kyoto shows us that this “war” is not won
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John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
John, when the politicians “offset” the carbon, they apparently create when flying, can you ask them to pay for the offset with their own money from their own salary, because frankly, having me pay for their air travel and their self-satisfied smugness of “offsetting” is somewhat galling to say the least.
The climate has changed many times in the past and we have adapted to the changes. There can be little doubt that, with our present technology, we can adapt to changes in the climate in the future. However, the current idea going the rounds that instead of adapting to changes in the climate we should adapt the climate instead. Is not this just a little arrogant or to put it another way - plain stupid.
Why can’t these summits be held via video conferencing? Or would that reduce the opportunity to negotiate things that are not on the agenda?
They could be.