Have you ever wondered what the ecological cost of the climate change conference in Bali is? Well according to Bloomberg.com, the estimated 10,000 activists jetting off there will have the same effect as 20,000 cars being used for one year!

Obviously the rampant stupitity and hypocrisy of this dilutes the message from the conference, and undermines the who notion of climate care, in much the same way as Al Gore’s electricity bill has given succour to those who seek to denigrate the message of his inconveniently dull film.

So what to be done, I hear you all cry. How can we save the environment if activists and politicians can’t jet off to a tropical island? Well the Guardian Online reports the work of One World UK who have set up a Second Life Virtual Bali conference, complete with avatars, who can grill representatives from the main conference in Bali.

So, with this cutting edge technology allowing active virtual participation in international conferences, why would so many environmental activists want to fly all that way to the uniquely-cultured, balmy, beach-fringed tropical paradise that is Bali? I can’t for the life of me think why!

© Steve Davey 2007

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