World leaders in New York City for the U.N. General Assembly also bring motorcades, gridlock, and idling engines. 
So when White House reporters, also in New York following President Barack Obama around, got a briefing on U.N. climate change talks, the question had to be asked.
CBS’s Mark Knoller wondered about the carbon footprint of the summit: could the earnest statements on climate change be undermined by motorcades, gridlock, idling engines?
The answer: electric motorcades!
(Would that mean electric sockets on every corner in midtown Manhattan?)
“I think the U.N. should make a pledge to electric vehicle motorcades within five years,” U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern told reporters.
Photo credit: Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach (power plug is seen next to an electric-drive car)
