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Fossil of the Day
December 5, 2007
Posted by Eric Young
Fossil of the day is presented at 6pm everyday by the Youth delegation (http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/12/04/fossil-of-the-day/).
The award goes to the country that takes positions that interfere with the proceedings and prevent committed countries from making progress on dealing with global warming. 
The first recipients were the United States (surprise, surprise) Canada and Saudi Arabia. Saudia Arabia is to me the most interesting recipient. The Saudi delegation has been asking for years to be compensated if the world uses less fossil fuels and their oil revenues decrease. Keep in mind they are asking to be reimbursed for losses in oil revenue if we manage to avoid catastrophic sea level rise, massive refugee problems, and extreme weather events to just name a few global warming impacts. Keep in mind that oil is about to cost more than $100 a barrel. The chutzpah in such an ‘ask’ is amazing.
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