Why are they excluded? Because the debate about global warming is over. The reason for the congregation in Bali is to SIGN A TREATY; to discuss how best to implement it; not whether or not global warming is taking place. The collection of your "distinguished dissenting scientist" does NOT want to sign the treaty nor contribute to a discussion about its implementation. Thus, their presence is not required, is not advisable and should not be allowed to distract the meeting from its purpose! How many of them are there? Another 10,000? They might be right in their views and they might be wrong. This forum is not for debating but for negotiating avenues of implementation. That's it and that's more than enough for one agenda on the one forum. The exclusion is not "convenient" but wise.
Two things may be said about the CO2 emissions caused by the planes arriving at Bali: 1) It is quite hypocritical for people to, on one hand, wring their hands and shout out that the members are causing the CO2 when, at the same time, they're also shouting that they, too, should join the meeting; and 2) I don't suppose that all these scientists are flying on individual planes! Surely these planes would be going to Bali, anyway? What an absurd claim!
