There is light at the end of the tunnel - is it a train?

Event 1: Walkout heightens failure fears for climate marathon
Negotiators worked through the night Tuesday to prevent a UN climate summit from ending in catastrophic failure after developing nations staged a five-hour walkout and China accused the West of trickery.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091214/twl-walkout-heightens-failure-fears-for-6d10327.html

Event 2: More specifically China versus USA
China, which last month for the first time publicly announced a target for reducing the rate of growth of its greenhouse gas emissions, is refusing to accept any kind of international monitoring of its emissions levels, according to negotiators and observers. The United States is insisting that without stringent verification of China’s actions, it cannot support any deal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/science/earth/15climate.html?_r=1&ref=energy-environment

Event 3: Green protest on Sydney Opera House
Greenpeace activists climb the Sydney Opera House to get their message across to the world leaders - only a short week away from the closing of the conference.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20091215/video/vwl-green-protest-on-sydney-opera-house-d7f4ae7.html

Progress:
The ventilation subcontractor said: "I am waiting for the delivery of sound absorbers. These will help significantly on the noise. I'll check with the refrigeration engineer - there may be something to do with the noise from the heat pump. We should be fully assembled during this week".

The electrician is in the house today and will install the regulator for the fan that drives the "extra loop" (supply of cooler air to the bedrooms). Hopefully he will also make it easy for the ventilation team to install the extra fan downstairs. That fan will pull heated/cooled air from the area near our heatpump and blow it into the stream of fresh air (after the aggregate). This air-mixture is then distributed around the house from the attic.