“New chapter” on climate change

From President-elect Obama promises “new chapter” on climate change | Change.gov:

The Global Climate Summit is a "2-day event arranged by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to break gridlock on the issue ahead of next month's United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland."

President-elect Obama posted a short video expressing enthusiasm for the summit:

"...too often, Washington has failed to show the same kind of leadership. That will change when I take office."

Interesting times. It's easy to imagine this bit of cross-party consensus as the beginning of Friedman's e-tech economy.