THE COPENHAGEN EXPERIENCE - AT 8:10 P.M. ET:  Just read this, from London's Telegraph:

On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the "summit to save the world," which opens here tomorrow, she will have 200.

"We thought they were not going to have many cars, due to it being a climate convention," she says. "But it seems that somebody last week looked at the weather report."

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."

And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number? "Five," says Ms Jorgensen.

It tells us something about the attitudes of the "environmentalists" who will attend.  "Environmentalism for thee, but not for me."

And this:

The airport says it is expecting up to 140 extra private jets during the peak period alone, so far over its capacity that the planes will have to fly off to regional airports – or to Sweden – to park, returning to Copenhagen to pick up their VIP passengers.

Let us be sickened.  And yet, let us praise the professional enviros for doing more for the limo and private aviation industries than any group in history.

Yuch.  Double yuch.

I'd make it a triple yuch, but I don't want to leave too big a yuch footprint.

December 6, 2009