“Yes we can!”
Umm, actually no we can’t.
It soon became clear that China was not signing up to any treaty that allowed other countries to snoop around in their dirty emissions laundry.
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Show all over
I mean snow, of course. And not just in Copenhagen either.
I know, I know. This is weather, not climate. I’m not stupid. Or more stupider than the next guy, I mean.
At the same time a draft document was leaked that would ask the world to keep temperature rise below 2C (3.6F). It would ask rich countries to cut greenhouse gases, but does not yet have legally-binding numerical targets. It would also ask developing countries to take action to reduce emissions for the first time. The leaked text caused anger among delegates just as President Obama arrived at the conference to “save the Earth”.
Our coal doesn’t stink
You count them. Environment here, global warming there (while pointing the finger at everybody else in both directions at the same time), when it comes to building new coal-burning power plants in Germany, well, that’s different. No protests in the streets here (or in Copenhagen) about that one.
“The following list shows the status of controversial new coal-fired power plant projects in Germany, which are the focus of environmentalists campaigning against climate-harming carbon emissions from the coal-to-power generation process.”
“Tricks” are for kids
The Copenhagen Diagnosis? I’d say it’s something like “the show must go on.”
“The e-mails show some of the world’s top experts decided to exclude or manipulate some research that didn’t help prove global warming exists.
1998 was the hottest year since record-keeping began…but the temperature went down the next year, and it’s only spiked a couple times since.”
Der Watergate-Skandal brachte Richard Nixon zu Fall, Monica-Gate zerstörte die Glaubwürdigkeit Bill Clintons, und jetzt also Klima-Gate – der Verdacht, dass der menschengemachte Klimawandel nicht mehr ist als nur eine Verschwörung unter Klimaforschern.
Observing Hermann 