Well, for one thing, it’s an utter waste of time and money.
For another, it’s yet another opportunity for bloated, self-promoting politicians to do a little more grandstanding.
Plus, of course, it’s a chance for an entire generation of deluded and corrupt scientists to get their snouts in the public trough at taxpayer expense.
Someone needs to keep track of the plane flights and cars these clowns are traveling in and total up the energy costs on that. Wouldn’t a teleconference, like most energy and cost conscious businesses do these days, be better and set a good example?
Of course, you can’t get away from wifey, buy $500 bottles of wine and $1000 french hookers when teleconferencing.