Sunday, November 7, 2010

Obama May Have to Cancel Indonesia Trip Due to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Not just a greenhouse gas emission, but a really bug, uncontrolled one. From ABC News via memeorandum: Exclusive: Officials Worried President Obama May Have to Cancel Indonesia Trip Due to Indonesian Volcano
ABC News has learned that because of the dangerous clouds of ash spewing from an Indonesian volcano, 48 hours before Air Force One is due to touch down in the capital Jakarta White House officials are concerned President Obama may not be able to make the trip.

Some commercial flights into Jakarta have been cancelled.

Flights of government equipment and personnel to preposition in Indonesia are no longer flying during nighttime hours as a safety precaution, sources tell ABC News. That equipment and personnel are necessary for the president to be able to make his visit.

This would be the first time in memory a President could be forced to cancel a stop while he is overseas, and it remains unclear when a White House decision will come and how it will affect the remainder of his Asian trip.

President Obama has already twice cancelled announced plans to go to Indonesia where he lived as a boy. ...
Does Obama know how much greenhouse gas is spewed from a single eruption?  How about capping and trading that?
In related news: R.I.P.: Al Gore’s Chicago Climate Exchange Has Died. That's a shame...

2 comments:

  1. Maybe they could build an air conditioned tunnel to Indonesia?

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  2. LOL. Wish I would have thought of that one. Could have written a whole post from that angle!

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