No problem, we'll import your limo....

In one of those "what the what???" moments, an article from the Telegraph recently highlighted some of the resource-usage craziness that accompanies a large-scale conference like the one currently going on in Copenhagen.

From the article:

Ms Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen next week has already broken the 1,200 barrier. The French alone rang up on Thursday and ordered another 42. "We haven't got enough limos in the country to fulfil the demand," she says. "We're having to drive them in hundreds of miles from Germany and Sweden."

Find the full article here.

In what has to be considered sort of ridiculous behavior, cars are being driven from Germany and Sweden to satisfy the demand of world leaders and big-shots who are trying to come together and figure a way out of our climate mess and to change the way the world behaves? No doubt, if we could get something done in Copenhagen, maybe all of the waste would be worth it (debatable) but if our leaders are living "business as usual" lives, how can we expect the agreements they come up with to be any different?

For once, I wish a large-scale conference like this would challenge the very notion of "normal" for our leaders too - not just provide them with a cushy forum to consider potential ideas for modifying "normal" lifestyles for the rest of us.

(A personal note: huge shout-out to my friend Simron, who is quoted in the article! =])