Do we go to Qatar?

It's official. The next meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is to be held next November (2012) in Doha, Qatar. Personally, I was pulling for South Korea but they didn't ask my opinion. At least in Doha, negotiators will have a ready illustration of extravagance and living beyond your means.

So the real question is virtual Qatar or real Qatar? Or will it matter at that point?