THIS SHOULD KILL THE WHOLE CONFERENCE - AT 9:22 A.M. ET:  Mr. Cold Air has arrived in Copenhagen to bless the multitudes.  From The Politico:

COPENHAGEN — As international climate talks appeared in danger of disintegrating, Al Gore arrived to a rock star’s welcome in Copenhagen today.

I just love that sentence.  Things are falling apart, so Al arrives.  I don't know.  Do those two elements go together?

If Copenhagen is the enviros' Woodstock, then Gore is The Who, the Grateful Dead and Creedence Clearwater Revival as a one-man band. The former vice president drew such a big crowd that security had to shut down access, with hundreds of unhappy activists left outside.

And the scare stories:

Inside the mobbed room, Gore watched as Danish and Norwegian officials presented a new scientific report that the sea levels are rising much faster than previous estimates.

Who reviewed this "report"?  How accurate is it?  Who reviewed the previous estimates?  We Americans, in particular, are now demanding far more details when these "studies" are presented. 

And now the finale:

The former vice president has scrapped a $1,200-a-head fundraiser for 3,000 guests scheduled for later in the week, to the dismay of Danish organizers.

You mean, no money?  How can he do this?  Isn't he the money machine? 

As the first line of the story says, the talks are in great danger of collapsing.  Some "developing" nations, which never seem to develop much, are making outlandish demands on the advanced nations - oh, excuse me, the capitalist, exploitive, war-mongering, greedy, polluting, barbarian countries - and the latter aren't buying the package.  Sometimes the Copenhagen conference seems less about warming than about conning, a different scientific concept.

December 14, 2009