Wednesday, December 3, 2008

UN climate talks to create 13,000 tonnes of carbon

[HT:PE]
POZNAN, Poland — Staging a global forum on climate change is a dilemma, as it adds to the very problem it is trying to solve. Around 13,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) will be added to the Earth's greenhouse effect from the December 1-12 meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UNFCCC said. That estimate is based on a turnout of 8,000 people, but as of Sunday 10,657 people had registered for the talks.

[cute for hypocrisy factor, but meaningless. The Earth's annual CO2 'emissions' averages 7.2 BILLION TONS, every year, all by itself (the 'man made' portion is minuscule. I.e., context is key ]

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