Did you also know that the US dollar is now fucking less then the Canadian dollar, as well as the Australian dollar. It's a fucking disgrace! I don't think it really matters who's in office....they all suck!
Regarding the Bali global climate conference. I get daily emails from one of the engineering societies, and they made a note about the fact that the conference is contributing to CO2 emissions.
Critics accuse Bali meeting of contributing to CO2 emissions.
In continuing coverage from yesterday's briefing, the AP (12/5, McDowell) reports, "Never before have so many people converged to try to save the planet from global warming, with more than 10,000 jetting into this Indonesian resort island, from government ministers to Nobel laureates to drought-stricken farmers." However, critics charge that participants in the U.N. organized meeting "are contributing to the very problem they aim to solve. 'Nobody denies this is an important event, but huge numbers people are going, and their emissions are probably going to be greater than a small African country,' said Chris Goodall, author of the book 'How to Live a Low-Carbon Life.'" According to the U.N.'s own "estimates, 47,000 tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants will be pumped into the atmosphere during the 12-day conference in Bali, mostly from plane flights but also from waste and electricity used by air conditioners at five-star hotels lining palm-fringed beaches."
I hate the term carbon footprint or whatever they're now starting to put on food and other crap that is produced. I'm all for saving the environment, but there's got to be better ways to do it, then let a bunch of fickle mush heads try and figure it out.