Wilmette adopts Kyoto Protocol

The Village of Wilmette Board of trustees has adopted the coyote (if you watched the meeting), uh Kyoto protocol "concerning global climate change and supporting the reduction of greenhouse gases".

See the last of the adopted items.

But what does it mean?

Perhaps the village will suspend the use of air conditioning and adopt an open window policy. In the winter, close the windows.

Build a nuclear power plant in the village.

A wind farm on the beach?

Computers use a lot of energy. Line item cut? And the village uses a lot of PC’s. Back of the envelope calculations 1pc is about 22 trees (planted in the tropics and never cut down). Plus if you are connected to the internet you really ought to factor in the CO2 produced by the electricity used in the server farms that allow you to surf the world wide web.

Will the village set up checkpoints to harangue drivers and hand out flyers for green cars?

Will the Glenview cows be on the agenda at the next intergovernmental meeting?

Will the village ban greenhouses?





Will coyotes rule?



P.S. I'll be happy to do my part and get a Hummer as my next car.


Related posts: What it Means to be Green, Sister Cities, Kyoto-Wilmette, Greenies, Stay Home

UPDATE: Related story, Sun Times:

A waste-hauling firm that's repeatedly been accused of having ties to the mob is still doing taxpayer-funded work and has surfaced on a government-produced list of environmentally friendly businesses.

(Joining Gore in the racket.) More on Al here.

UPDATE: The Wilmette Blog weighs in. Read it all. Here's an excerpt:

Generally Treaties are the stuff of nations, not local governments who don't seem to be able to deliver basic services. Maybe if the Trustees paid more attention to what is going on locally, the quality of life in Wilmette might greatly improve. A recent home invasion, burglaries, and wholesale disregard of the traffic laws are now common occurrences in Wilmette.

Only Village President Chris Canning voted against this lunacy.