Paying for our crimes
“If you plant some trees, is it OK to drive an Escalade? The question isn’t as silly as it sounds. People worried about global warming increasingly are trying to “offset” the carbon dioxide–the leading greenhouse gas–they spew into the atmosphere when they drive, fly or flick on a light. One idea popular with the eco-conscious is to have trees planted for them. You get to keep driving and flying, but those trees are supposed to suck in your trail of carbon……..”The sale of offset indulgences is a dead-end detour off the path of action required in the face of climate change,” says a report by the Transnational Institute’s Carbon Trade Watch.“[LiveScience]
Awwww….are you sure offsets won’t work? Because Michael Jackson was just starting to calculate how many kiddies he would have to play Secret-Santa to before he was allowed to molest one.
And yes, by the way, the question IS as silly as it sounds.
