Rep. Edward Markey speaks on climate change in Second Life

For today's address before the UN Climate Change Conference the congressman from Massachusetts chose to appear in Second Life rather than fly to Bali and address the crowd directly.  His talk on climate change and the metaverse of possibilities echoes the policy reflected at globalwarming.house.gov

Rep. Markey, head of the House's committee on climate change, fielded questions on education, conservation and the "use" of Nature.....should we consider nature something to be used until those resources no longer exist?  Do we have a role in preserving land, planting new forests, considering the greening of our cities?

This historic speech in Second Life wants to prove a point about energy use and climate change.  For Rep. Markey to address the crowd for 20 minutes in Bali would take 5.6 tons of carbon emitted in flight from Washington.  How many were used in Second Life?

"The technology is moving so fast that this really is just the beginning."  Daniel Nelson from OneWorld UK noted.  Daniel is also featured at the end of this In Kenzo machinima video attached from today's interactive town hall meeting with Rep. Markey at OneWorld Meetings Island in Second Life.