Infinite MonkeysWe've mentioned this before, but Carbon Offsets are a crock. Hit and Run links to a WaPo article on some of the problems with the latest Progressive Guilt Absolution scheme. Both links end with a quote from the Sierra Club:
"We would recommend that, instead of taking that $100 and buying a carbon offset, that you take that $100 and invest in something" such as energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs or an insulating blanket for a home water heater, spokesman Joshua Dorner said.
Seriously, how crazy does your environmental scam have to be for the SIERRA CLUB to think it's a bad idea?
Posted by RobbL at August 16, 2007 10:19 AMFirst Pizza in a Cup does the life-imitates-art thing. Now something more obviously implausible than The Human Fund goes mainstream legitimate. Frankly, I'm amazed it's taken this long for folks beyond the bedclothes media to point out the naked emperor. Dude, where's my John Stossel?
Posted by: Monkey Brad at August 16, 2007 01:23 PM