Haggling at the Climate Change Talks  By    |   Wednesday,
December 16, 2009 Filed under: Culture and Society, Politics
Tags: , , , , ,  I have been pessimistic about climate talks for
a while now. But my beliefs don't matter and rightfully so,
because there are enough of us out there who just nod our heads
and smile wryly as we watch the human race go through this
extended debate about lifestyle choices, human ingenuity and
predictions of global catastrophes.  So here we have countries
from all over the world attempting find a balance between
development and emissions. When you get countries who are at
peace behind closed doors, you get to watch a lot of endless
bargaining. In this case, they bargain about how to distribute
pain, so future generations have less of it. No one wants to
over-commit because, well, who wants to give more than
necessary. By necessary, I mean just being able to appease the
global community and by global community, I mean the diplomats
of the countries that matter.  Every country wa