The Eco-Conscious Pay to Ease Guilt [PT Barnum Was Right]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061210/guilt_free_emissions.html?.v=3 ^ | Sunday December 10, 2:28 pm ET | Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer

[BenLurkin]

AP Photo:" San Jose State University professor Jill Cody points to her TerraPass sticker on the back of her car in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006."

[goldstategop]

More liberal twaddle. Symbolism over substance.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[King Moonracer]

The firm tells drivers that for $49.99 they can make up for the 12,000 tons of carbon a typical sedan or station wagon produces in a year.

Somebody should check their facts.

[BenLurkin]

Reality matters not to the loonies on the left.

[goldstategop]

Of course you could sell you car and walk. And give up flying. There's no accounting for human stupidity.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[SIDENET]

Good grief. What a fool.

[hophead]

Well goody for her.

I hear-by ask all those "global warming" huggers to put up or shut up. Join this "TerraPass" and practice what you preach.
Even if it only make you feel good!

[Kimmers]

We need to address one of the biggest pollutants emitted by the left....... smug ......

[SIDENET]

and Dave Matthews Band tour have promised to make their events carbon-neutral.

Aren't these the same guys who got caught dumping raw sewage out of their tour bus?

[randita]

Why doesn't she just sell her car and either walk or bicycle everywhere she needs to go?

[BigBobber]

12,000 tons of carbon a typical sedan or station wagon produces in a year

Those soccer moms really put on the miles, don't they?

[goldstategop]

That's the point. Paying TerraPass $50 a year is not going to do a damn thing to effect global warming. But it makes those who pay FEEL GOOD. And liberalism, as a religion, is all about feelings. The entire point of being a liberal is do what feels good as opposed to doing what is right.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[zebra 2]

I've bought my last Ford.

[Don Corleone]

Can you say,"Whacko"?

[DugwayDuke]

You're so right. Doesn't any one check things?

A gallon of gas weights 8.66 lbs. Assuming that is all carbon, 12,000 tons equals 2.77 millon gallons. At $2.00 per gallon, driving a SUV is pretty expensive I guess. Glad I own a truck.

[goldstategop]

But did you know you can pay $50 to get a clean conscience? Just be glad its not John F. Kerry charging you for the privilege of obtaining green absolution.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Finny]

... the Conservation Fund, an Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit that restores wilderness on unproductive farmland ...

What an incredibly preposterous conceit!

[Myrddin]

The firm tells drivers that for $49.99 they can make up for the 12,000 tons of carbon a typical sedan or station wagon produces in a year.

12,000 tons = 24,000,000 pounds...that's 24 million pounds! Gasoline weighs 6 lbs/gallon, so that is 4 million gallons of gas...assuming all of it converted to carbon dioxide. At 20 miles per gallon, you'll have to drive 80 million miles a year. The person who wrote this story must have been the valedictorian at a California high school.

[cicero's_son]

Effing idiots.

Maybe they can buy a racism pass, too. That way they can say whatever they want and still be "part of the solution."

Morons.