How dare they ask actual scientists for their opinion! I suggested the other day that we could really make a dent in the carbon footprint [that's a stupid term, by the way] if all of the bishops of the Episcopal Church would refuse to fly for one year. Yeah, that means no conferences in New Zealand, the African continent, the Southern Cone, etc. In other words, nothing for bishops to talk about in their sermons, meditations, newsletter articles. Face it, take away the exotic travel and a bishop is just another tedious, overpaid bureaucrat.
You can imagine the enthusiasm with which my suggestion was met.