Neutralize Your Pollution; Fight Global Warming

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[Winged Hussar]

You can neutralize the rest of your pollution—through offsets. When you buy offsets, you essentially pay someone to reduce or remove global warming pollution in your name.

For example, when you buy 10 tons of carbon offsets, the seller guarantees that 10 fewer tons of global warming pollution go into the atmosphere. While the pollution you produce yourself is the same, you get the credit for that 10-ton reduction.

[Winged Hussar]

"We come not to praise Environmental Defense, but to bury it." The above is posted entirely for the purpose of criticism, ridicule, and public exposure. Environmental Defense, the Ad Council, and the Robertson Foundation keep running ads for this on the radio, and it is time to expose it for what it is.

Even Chemical & Engineering News' Bette Hileman ("A Dubious Way Out of CO2 Emissions," 2/19/07), who is normally in favor of the United States reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, has compared the sale of offsets to the medieval practice of selling people indulgances for their sins. Here is what Carbonfund.org offers to do:

Car (5 tons) $25.00

Person (10 tons) $50.00

Zero Carbon (18 tons)$90.00

Go Zero Carbon for just $7.50 a month, and get five tons free!

We can just imagine one of those pardoners or whomever wandering around 600 years ago telling superstitious medieval peasants, "Buy 10000 years from your sentence in Purgatory, and get 5000 years free!" (What they would do is sell you "indulgences," or forgiveness for your sins, which meant your soul had to spend less time in Purgatory before going on to Heaven. If you felt that your own soul was in good shape, you could buy indulgences for your deceased relatives!) We have also compared the greenhouse gas SCAM to Aztec human sacrifices, with Al Gore being the High Priest and Holy Profit, excuse us, Prophet, of the global warming religion:

Carbonfund.org receives donations via Groundspring.org, which is part of the Tides Foundation. FrontPage Magazine (http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7835) reports, "George Soros has given the Tides empire more than $7 million."

So it looks like we are looking at yet more tentacles of the Soros-Occupied Government (SOG). (Note the Tides Foundation at the upper left.)

Important campaign slogan for 2008, to derail pro-Kyoto candidates: "REAL DEMOCRATS DON'T DESTROY WORKING PEOPLE'S JOBS SO BIG CORPORATIONS CAN RAKE IN PROFITS." (Many beneficiaries of greenhouse gas regulations would in fact be big corporations that would be paid extra for implementing existing business plans, or for not emitting greenhouse gases--remember the old joke about being paid for not raising hogs?) This will drive a wedge between the Soros/MoveOn.org Democrats and the Democrats' base, and cost people elections. Meanwhile, we are getting more global warming all over our roads and sidewalks this evening:

[kinoxi]

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[Dallas59]

Bunnys produce more pollution than any other creature...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Ping for your GW List.

[Publius6961]

You can neutralize the rest of your pollution—through offsets. When you buy offsets, you essentially pay someone to reduce or remove global warming pollution in your name.

If I believed that carbon "credits" were a solution, which I don't, to an imaginary problem, anthropogenic warming, which I further don't, then it might be worthwhile reading the rest of this article...

Which I won't...

[capt. norm]

The non-productive have devised yet another way to tax/rob the productive.

[EBH]

Well I guess it is better than this?

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/2/12/103251.shtml

[socialismisinsidious]

When you buy offsets, you essentially pay someone to reduce or remove global warming pollution

YES! and that someone should be ME! Calling all DUmmies send your money to me today and I promise to do everything in my power to offset your global warming! Act fast...call today!

1-800-SUCKER

[Jaysun]

I'll sell carbon credits to anyone who wants them for half of what they're charging. Just send me your cash and sleep well at night. Damn fools.

[SampleMan]

What is the legal penalty for selling counterfeit carbon offsets to moon bats? In fact, I can truthfully promise to not build a coal fired power plant.

[Publius6961]

1-800-SUCKER

Wait a minute...

How does one become an agent or broker?
I could get religion...

[ConservaTexan]

For example, when you buy 10 tons of carbon offsets, the seller guarantees that 10 fewer tons of global warming pollution go into the atmosphere.

10 tons fewer than what?? I am not aware of the yearly global output of 'global warming pollutants', but logic says that if enough 'credits' are purchased then the number of 'global warming pollutants' would equal zero(or even a negative number), both of which are impossible. I have a feeling that the same type people that managed the Oil for Food Program are handling this project.

[Obie Wan]

For example, when you buy 10 tons of carbon offsets, the seller guarantees that 10 fewer tons of global warming pollution go into the atmosphere.

Did the guy who came up with this idea ever sell swampland in Florida by any chance ???

[Winged Hussar]

"What is the legal penalty for selling counterfeit carbon offsets to moon bats? In fact, I can truthfully promise to not build a coal fired power plant."

Yes, I think a lot of scammers could get into this racket. How about a package deal: $50 for 10 tons of carbon and forgiveness for 500 minor, 100 serious, or 20 mortal sins?

[Mygirlsmom]

That rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! Look at the bones!!!!!

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system!

Seriously, this has to be about the dumbest scam I've ever heard of.

[Mygirlsmom]

That rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! Look at the bones!!!!!

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system!

Seriously, this has to be about the dumbest scam I've ever heard of.

[MrCFdovnh]

"Bunnys produce more pollution than any other creature..."

John Effin Kerry is running a close second.

[Winged Hussar]

"If I believed that carbon "credits" were a solution, which I don't, to an imaginary problem, anthropogenic warming, which I further don't"

Read what I said. I posted this not to advocate it, but to ridicule and denounce it while exposing it for what it is: the equivalent of selling indulgences for sins. If we look into it deeply enough, we will find George Soros' sucker prints (the prints made by an octopus' tentacles) all over it, and all kinds of unsavory self-serving motives by corporate climate profiteers. THE ONLY GREEN THEY ARE INTERESTED IN IS OUR MONEY.

[Gritty]

The individual Global Warming "taxes" are headed our way, mark my words. These are turbo-charged control freaks we are talking about here, folks.

But, you can bet your bottom dollar they aren't going to replace your income, sales, and property taxes!

[kcar]

And if everyone who feels the need to expiate their sins of consumption were to pay me enough, I'll fly to Hawaii via commercial airline rather than by a private jet.

I'm waiting for Clark Howard to start alerting listeners to this one.