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Can You Buy A Greener Conscience? (Global Warming Carbon Offset Indulgences Examined Alert)
Los Angeles Times ^ | 09/02/2007 | Alan Zarembo

Posted on 09/02/2007 10:51:29 AM PDT by goldstategop

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a 29-year-old law school student, the answer was $429.99.

There are two sad observations one can take from this.

The first observation is that twenty-nine years and law school is not enough to cause one to think critically nor does it make them less gullible.

The second observation is that prices that end in $0.99 or $0.95 are almost always a marketing ploy and not based on calculations of actual cost.

21 posted on 09/02/2007 11:51:40 AM PDT by MosesKnows
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Since the average human being generates about two pounds of Carbon Dioxide per day by breathing, the best way to become “Carbon Neutral” is to stop breathing.


22 posted on 09/02/2007 1:59:31 PM PDT by bennowens
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L@@k what I found on eBay!

And check out the logo with the cows.

BTW, this indulgence deals with CH4 (methane), not carbon.

23 posted on 09/02/2007 2:00:39 PM PDT by Disambiguator (What's the temperature, Albert?)
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$1,000, huh? Maybe Algore can buy 'em all up and resell them for a healthy profit!

"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 Palelologus

24 posted on 09/02/2007 2:04:01 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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I wonder if anyone would have a problem with someone selling indulgences that promise to not drink beer and not eat beans and sauerkraut once a week.

These would be just as valid, IMHO.


25 posted on 09/02/2007 2:09:08 PM PDT by Disambiguator (What's the temperature, Albert?)
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Ah, but you see, there are so many of us and so very few of them, and we’re in the wrong and they’re in the right, and that makes it all okay.


26 posted on 09/02/2007 2:22:08 PM PDT by Tenniel2 (The heroes of Flight 93 diverted the wrong plane.)
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It sounds like there could be a way for someone to make some money off generating a list of Carbon Offset participants.

Just think of the value of having a list of these ignorant folks who would buy into such BS.

Selling a list of their names to every conman, bunco artist, San Francisco bridge seller, etc., could bring in some significant income for a motivated data collector.

27 posted on 09/02/2007 2:28:47 PM PDT by Col Freeper
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You may want to have a chat with him.... LOL


28 posted on 09/02/2007 4:11:13 PM PDT by dfwddr (Duncan Hunter '08 -- the real thing.)
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29 posted on 09/03/2007 3:07:54 PM PDT by xcamel (FDT/2008 -- talk about it >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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