Change of Atmosphere

Change of Atmosphere: "Flying and Copenhagen
Word in the pub yesterday is that the ever amazing Ryanair is investigating how to get aircraft designed so passengers stand for the flight duration, taking out the seats and replacing them with pub like poser tables to lean against. A flying packed pub of Brits slooshing down the Guinness and Jamesons winging it's way to southern Spain.
Not sure what to make of this, although certainly CO2e footprint per traveller will be improved. Might help with landing and taking off too if we can all just sychronise jumping.... one, two, three and UP we go.

Word too that the December United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is looking more promising than it might have been.
Certainly with Mr Obama around I would expect rather more than from his predecessor.
The agreement coming out of this conference is to replace the Kyoto Protocol of a few years ago. The big problem with Kyoto was that the USA delegation came back with a treaty they new would never make it through the Senate. The Kyoto Protocol which set binding targets to reduce greenhouse gasses was signed and ratified by 184 countries with the very noticable exception of the United States.
With Obama at the helm the United States is back in the international climate change process as well as engaging with issues at a domestic level.... Cmon!"