Posted on 08/05/2016 3:03:04 PM PDT by PROCON
It sounds simple: If something has a big carbon footprint and you get rid of it, you eliminate those carbon dioxide emissions. Right?
But its not always that easy. In a recent study published in The Journal of Industrial Ecology, researchers at the Center for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey in England estimated the annual carbon footprint of crime in England and Wales, and found that reducing crime could actually cause societys overall carbon footprint of society to increase.
The findings illustrated the rebound effect, which describes how reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases in one area can lead to more emissions in the aggregate, because of direct or indirect effects. Its something that policy makers have often been encouraged to consider when they set out to reduce emissions.
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They want their carbon credits, to tax our flatulence and going to the bathroom, plus the air we breathe. Then they will fly high above us, like Al Gore, doing as they please. They are like insane little dogs who won’t let go of your pant leg.
IMHO these lunatics suffer from a God deficit.
When it’s obvious that even the wealthiest, whitest, and most privileged elites have been ‘educated’ by batwallop crazy retards, this country is in deep trouble.
Her future status is in no jeopardy, however.
This article will no doubt lead to her next job as a prime time network anchor.
Cue the ‘we make sh!t up’ meme.
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