A truth not often stated in polite company is that a telltale sign of all living organisms is that they produce waste. Two hundred nations now convened in Copenhagen are debating the best means for punishing the dynamic living organism known as the “developed world” to benefit the stagnant and undeveloped “developing world.”
The New York Times reports that one sticking point at the U.N. climate summit is “securing commitments from wealthy nations to deliver what could ultimately be hundreds of billions of dollars in financing to poor countries, which argue that they are ill equipped to deal with a problem they did little to create.” If the ultimate point of eco-religionists is to lower the industrialized West to the level of primitive, isolated island societies, why encourage the same wasteful habits by throwing our dirty money their way? Some of these dollars might lead to the creation of businesses that raise living standards - leading to the byproduct of all living organisms…waste.
And who will administer the billions of dollars in welfare payments to the societies progress left behind? Why, the very delegates now convened in Copenhagen – the ones transported by 140 private jets and 1,200 limousines. In their quest to reduce our carbon footprint, the eco-aristocracy isn’t required to abide by the same rules they wish to impose on us. According to the Washington Examiner, Al Gore’s “Green Mansion,” uses as much energy in a month as 20 average American households…” But Al Gore and Copenhagen’s ruling class are anything but average. In fact, the London Daily Telegraph reports that the eleven-day climate summit “will create a total of 41,000 tons of carbon dioxide…” That’s a lot of waste for less than productive living organisms.
-- Mr. Curmudgeon
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