[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.

[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?

[zebra 2]

I've bought my last Ford.

[Don Corleone]

Can you say,"Whacko"?

[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.

[gridlock]

Save the planet. Kill yourself.

People who fiddle around with silly things like TerraPass are engaging in half-measures. They know what they need to do... They just don't have the guts.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Today must be the orchestrated day to promote this crap. See also http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1751275/posts for an article from Maine.

[razorback-bert]

I sure wish, I had thought up this scam.

[samtheman]

Snake oil sold in brand new shiny 21st century bottles.

[sauropod]

"I'm part of the solution, not the problem," said Cody, who sports a TerraPass decal on the decade-old Lexus she drives about 6,000 miles a year. "Now I don't feel guilty when I drive my car."

GAG!

[TX Bluebonnet]

Firms that sell such offsets help consumers calculate how much carbon their activities generate, then pledge to counterbalance the environmental impact by restoring forests, forcing businesses to curb emissions and funding renewable energy such as wind and solar.

Unbelievable. I feel guilty, but instead making my own sacrifice, I'll pay to make someone else sacrifice.

[cardinal4]

"I'm part of the solution, not the problem," said Cody, who sports a TerraPass decal on the decade-old Lexus she drives about 6,000 miles a year. "Now I don't feel guilty when I drive my car."

This lady is embarrasing, and makes me proud of big gas guzzling 8 cyl Durango. Hey, Cody, for every dollar you spend, Im going to drive an extra mile!

[jiggyboy]

Jill Cody used to feel guilty whenever she drove her car or flew on an airplane. She worried about pumping heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming.

In all seriousness, many common aspects of left-leaning (*cough*) behavior, e.g., militant vegetaranism, are indistinguishable and in some cases are in fact symptoms of underlying obsessive-compulsive disorder. This "carbon anxiety", if I may coin a phrase, might similarly be masking an anxiety disorder.

[The Great RJ]

Since human intestinal gas contains ozone depleting methane, the good lady should also pay guilt money for her farts.