They’ll run the planet like they run everything else;
The already fraught international climate change negotiations are facing a fresh challenge after Yvo de Boer, the outgoing head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, revealed that the secretariat does not have sufficient funds to host two additional meetings ahead of the Cancun summit in November.
I know – why don’t they invest in a bunch of giant mirrors and pay for their conferences out of the profits?
h/t Manotick
I think Barry has all the mirrors.
Syncrp
You’d think they would be all over video conferencing via Skype and its equivalents.
I guess nothing says environmental responsibility like a conference in Cancun. Doubtless the next two (the ones not paid for) will be in similar hardship locations such as Tahiti and Monaco.
Matthew
[…..I guess nothing says environmental responsibility like a conference in Cancun. Doubtless the next two (the ones not paid for) will be in similar hardship locations such as Tahiti and Monaco.]
Yeah they already did RIO, KYOTO, BALI and Copenhagen.
Hawaii??? Too…..plebian????
The b*st*rds should be holding their climate change conference in an unheated tent, in January, at the Churchill dump with a fish hung around their necks.
Move the UN where it belongs.
Saudi Arabia
@The Glengarrian
A guy’s going on a hiking vacation through the mountains out west. Before
setting off into the boonies, he stops into a small general store to get
some supplies.
After picking out the rest of his provisions, he asks the old store owner,
“Say mister, I’m going hiking up in the mountains, and I was wondering;
do you have any bears around here?”
“Yup,” replies the owner.
“What kind?” asks the hiker.
“Well, we got black bears and we got grizzlies,” he replies.
“I see,” says the hiker. “Do you have any of those bear bells?”
“What do you mean?” asks the store owner.
“You know,” replies the hiker, “those little tinkle-bells that people wear
in bear country to warn the bears that they are coming, so they don’t
surprise the bears and get attacked.”
“Oh yeah,” replies the owner. “They’re over there,” he says, pointing to
a shelf on the other side of the store. The hiker selects a couple of
the bells and and takes them to the counter to pay for them.
“Tell me something, mister,” the hiker inquires, “how can you tell when
you’re in bear territory, anyway?”
“By the scat,” the old fellow replies, ringing up the hiker’s purchases.
“Well, um, how can I tell if it’s grizzly territory or black bear territory?”
the hiker asks.
“By the scat,” the store owner replies.
“Well, what’s the difference?” asks the hiker. “I mean, what’s different
between grizzly scat and black bear scat?”
“The stuff that’s in it,” replies the store owner.
Getting a little frustrated, the hiker asks, “OK, so what’s in grizzly bear
scat that isn’t in black bear scat?” he asks, an impatient tone in his voice.
“Bear bells,” replies the old man as he hands the hiker his purchases.
Good one PiperPaul!
I have started the day off with a big laugh thanks to you!