People Suck.

I hate to say it, so close to Christmas and all, but, the problem at the end of the day with the whole Copenhagen thing is this:

People Suck.

I have deliberately tried to avoid, of late, getting into the whole debate about whether or not man-made climate change is a reality.  I tend to believe it is, but at the same time, virtually all scientists also agree that we are, at best, slowing an inevitable movement towards warming in any event.  Glaciers are going to melt and the polar ice caps are going to disappear - whether we are on this earth or not.  That's a given. 

The bigger problem is that, as we have seen in Copenhagen, mankind is cursed with the tendancy to look towards it's own self-interest.  China wants what China wants.. but then, so does Venezuela, and the Sudan, and the Philippines, and every other country.  There is a global movemement now seeking to move $100 billion to "developing countries", and you can bet two things:

a) Actual progress in impact on climate will be questionable; and
b) People will take advantage of it to their own benefit, and to hell with the climate and the developing world.

Doubts?

Well see this:

France Probes $230 Million Carbon Trading Fraud;

$7 Billion lost to Carbon Trading Fraud in European Union;

Danes Investigating Carbon Trading Fraud;

$60 Million Carbon Credit Fraud in UK;

7 Arrested in £38 Million UK Carbon Credit Fraud;


And think about this..  and this point is aimed at ys "good" conservatives as well as liberals.  We have third world country conditions in Canada.  Within 40 miles of where I write are two of the largest Indian Reserves in Canada, the Kainai and Piikani, and for many, conditions there rival anything you could imagine in any thrid world country in the world.

So just a thought before we embark on this pointless endeavor to send money outside of our borders from our own taxpayers..   perhaps it could be better spent here.

Just a thought.