If you were king for a day (or President for a century), could you slow the course of climate change? This Flash game from the BBC challenges you to create a carbon-neutral future, while still maintaining your coffers--and your presidency.
With international carbon-reduction treaties to contend with, and policy suggestions like, "Privatize Electricity", it takes more than a curbside recycling program to succeed in this game:
Clearly, my own leadership leaves plenty to be desired.
Hat-tip, Josh Rosenau, coturnix.
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