We all know that the Leaders of the World couldn't put aside their personal, national and selfish agendas to take advantage of "the last best chance" the world had to address the serious issues of ecological concern that we face. Whether you believe that the threat of global warming caused by human greed and "advancement" is real or not you would have to agree that the cost of the Copenhagen Conference was obscene.
Australia's announcement today that 'we', the government of the people, spent almost $1,500,000.00 to send the largest delegation to the Conference seems to me to be another example of obscene economics - and that's not taking into account the 'carbon cost' to the environment. And that's just for our little country!
In the shadow of the GFC, when welfare agencies are seeing an unprecedented increase in the demand for assistance it appears that not only is the government able to afford a fireworks party 'bigger than ever' but they also have no problem flying almost 100 people to a conference that was never going to deliver a result - and even those of us that do not understand all the intricacies of the argument knew that.
