From Brazil's escalating utility bills and Argentina’s exposed real estate holdings to Colombia's shaky military planes and Cuba's fierce declarations of sovereignty, the global powers are having quite the tantrum. Sure, they can fret about asset declarations or the provenance of used aircraft, but frankly, it’s all less pressing than the fact that the dust from the Cerritos surf zone has settled right into the exhaust fumes of my beat-up Civic. Seriously, let the world burn; I have to wait three hours for a functioning drainage grate on the main drag.