Carbon offset kiosk at SFO sells carbon credits at 60 times the market rate [rip-off report]

Watts Up With That ^ | 9/18/9 | Anthony Watts

[nikos1121]

What the he*l is this all about? What is the purpose of this?

[Godzilla]

How can you rip-off something that is already a rip-off?

[Dixie Yooper]

The kiosk didn’t happen to belong to Generation Investment Management LLP? Did it? They(Al Gore) usually separate themselves by at least one level from the dirty job of selling carbon offsets and credits.

[Lockbar]

Are these the same *-holes that took half dollar coins and put Obama plastic stickers on them to sell on TV at 3:00 am in the morning?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

For a reasonable fee (10 cents per mile), I can offer a valuable carbon offset credit. I undertake to reduce my air-mile quota for the year by the amount my environmentally-conscious customers fly. So if my customers fly 3000 miles, that's 3000 miles I won't fly. This guarantees my customers peace of mind - they are part of the solution, not part of the problem. And what's $300 for a little peace of mind on a 3000 mile flight?

Of course, considering how annoying air travel is these days, I probably wouldn't have flown those miles anyway but you never know. Why get fleeced by an airline for carbon offsets when I can do it for less?

[ridesthemiles]

I would like to remind people:
At the Democrat Convention in Denver, NObama and his minions were pumping the idea of delegates and supporters there in Denver should buy CARBON CREDITS right there- at the convention.

They sold less than $15 worth of same.

Sure support their idol, eh?

[ridesthemiles]

The Emperor’s New Clothes-—2009 version.

[ridesthemiles]

Why not sell dehydrated water for emergancy kits?

Just add water shake and drink!”

That’s funny.

Promote it as part of a ‘survival kit’ which will be needed from the effects of Global Warming!!

I’ll invest $10 in your enterprise...go for it.

[GraceG]

Hot Damn, There is a lot of good money to be made from gullible liberals.

Maybe we should open up a Carbon Offset shop in Boulder CO...

[Cyclone59]

capitalism at its best. What idiot in their right mind would buy something like carbon credits? Oh yeah, libtards in San Francisco.

[Oztrich Boy]

People who fly are more likely to be richer and less likely to play the lottery.

So the wealthy are evading their fair share of the stupidity tax. This corrects that

[Dilbert San Diego]

Man, this is a great business opportunity. Imagine if everywhere that you see snack and soda vending machines, that you could set up vending machines selling carbon credits. This would be a great turn-key business investment.

[Irenic]

Sounds almost as good as the Enron deals...

[RoadTest]

I think overthrowing their tables and chasing them with a horse whip would be appropriate.

[steelyourfaith]

Brilliant. I like your embrace of capitalism ... looks like a perfectly reasonable plan for separating these fools from their money to me.

[Night Hides Not]

Wait ‘til Jerry Jones hears about this! He’ll probably put up 100 kiosks at Cowboys Stadium.