[geeks] Global Warming questions...

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
" 
" On Dec 3, 2007, at 7:01 AM, Frank Van Damme wrote:
" 
" > On Dec 3, 2007 12:34 PM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net> wrote:
" >>
" >> This whole business of buying carbon offsets and credits is BS in the
" >> first place.  It's just like buying indulgences from the Pope in the
" >> middle ages.  "Sure it's a sin, but it's OK, I just gave the Pope  
" >> five hundred gold sovereigns."
" >
" > Not exactly. It's based on
" > 1. distributing the right to emit a limited amount of CO2 per capita,
" > evenly spread over the earth's population
" 
" You are right, in theory.
" 
" The reality is that this has been used to both avoid any real cuts in  
" pollution and in many cases increase it, all while complying with some  
" pie-in-the-sky 'green' initiative.

car crusher bills are an example of this.  every one i've heard of
doesn't call for actually measuring the emitted pollution of the
crushed car but is based on some gerrymandered estimate of what it
might possibly emit, and further ignores the recycling pollution and
landfill pollution of unrecyclable bits [as much as half the car] -
not to mention the manufacturing pollution of the car that replaces
the crushed one.

i've heard of studies - with names like the epa on them - that state
that if you really want to be green, the lightest use of resources is
to maintain your old car and keep it on the road.

i'm beginning to suspect many green initiatives are unknowingly
fronting very black hidden interests.
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