[a fool in paradise]

"We are trying to get around Iowa and get around the country as best we can. So we have a lot of people to see and that is the best way can do it."

Most Americans have access to the internet. Teleconference/stream your appearances and let them view your office from their homes.

No more global warming conventions either. No ritzy hotels. No catered meals. Teleconference on Skype or Twitch or Periscope or whatever.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I wonder what the carbon footprint of the Paris global warming conference was?

What a spectacle. Thousands of self important people government officials and assorted hangers on, all go to Paris. They stay in five star hotels, dine on gourmet food, party all night, and send the bill to someone else. All.those people who go to such events have an expense account to charge off their extravagant expenses.

And in addition to the above, some attendees with the Bill Clinton proclivity also charged off the cost of a girl for the night if they got lonely.

All of these people living it up, and lecturing the rest of us and telling us all how to.live, all gets old after a while.