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But let’s not fool ourselves when we read about summits. They are just an excuse for lots of phonies to playact and attract attention. The Brits have totally sold out to the towels, and the Americans are getting there. We should hold a summit on selling out, not on emission impossible.

The main problem is hypocrisy. No one will admit that the rich like to stay rich, whereas the poor need cheap energy, which means fossil fuel. The rich are the petrostates, Russia and the U.S. The poor are the rest of the world. So why go through all the summit meetings and pantomime? To make you, dear Takimag reader, feel that something is being done. It is as simple as that. Here are a few facts, however unpleasant as it might be to list them.

Dubai, UAE

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I suppose it was the Almighty’s sense of humor to cover Western Europe with snow while those who flew into Dubai on private jets warned of planetary disasters due to fossil fuels. The United Nations climate conference is and always will be a contradiction, especially when held in a place whose wealth is uniquely derived from fossil fuel. COP28 is a joke, a lot of fat cats reading acronym-ridden speeches and with as much intention of cutting down oil production as cutting down private jet use or expensive hookers flown in for the occasion.

What I’d like to know is whom are these fat cats trying to fool? The summit is nowhere near consensus, that’s for sure. Exporting countries and major oil producers are on one side; countries without oil are on the other. Both sides are saying how important it is to cut down, and that is where King Charles comes to mind. He opened the conference by reminding everyone that we’re going to boil in hell unless we cut down. I was reminded of the time he flew to central Europe as heir to the throne and with him went a Rolls or a Bentley that did nine miles to the gallon because Charles likes his comforts. Hypocrisy reigns supreme with the Brit King and in Dubai as well.

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