This would be so sad if its true

by IP_SEC 31 Replies latest jw friends

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  coffee_black

  From one of the links at the bottom of this page:

  How much does Carbon Offsetting cost? Price survey!

  Example: a mid-sized 30 mpg car driving 12,000 miles/year will create about 3.55 tons of CO2/year. Using Carbonfund.org's calculator we figured this would cost only about $19.50 or $1.63/month to be offset! This means that for a very small amount of money you can drive the equivalent of a zero-CO2-emission car!

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  So if you pay one of these services money, then you are carbon neutral? How does paying them money eliminate the impact you have on the environment?. Judging from the size of Gore's massive amounts of property and vehicles and all the travel he does, he must pay a hefty fee to eliminate his carbon footprint. Oh wait...he's part owner of one of these offset companies....so he's making money on this!

  Sounds like a collosal scam to me...either that or he must think the public is pretty stupid.

  Coffee
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  coffee_black

  And for those who doubt, just Google Gore & Carbon Offset. Here's one of the items

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  as reported by Bill Hobbs in Nashville, Tennessee:

  [H]ow Gore buys his "carbon offsets," as revealed by The Tennessean raises serious questions. According to the newspaper's report, Gore buys his carbon offsets through Generation Investment Management:

  Gore helped found Generation Investment Management, through which he and others pay for offsets. The firm invests the money in solar, wind and other projects that reduce energy consumption around the globe...

  Gore is chairman of the firm and, presumably, draws an income or will make money as its investments prosper. In other words, he "buys" his "carbon offsets" from himself, through a transaction designed to boost his own investments and return a profit to himself. To be blunt, Gore doesn't buy "carbon offsets" through Generation Investment Management - he buys stocks.

  Fascinating. So, as Dr. Global Warming travels the world in his private jet while spending 20 times the average American on energy for his home, all the time telling us its okay because he’s buying carbon offsets, he’s actually purchasing these investments from himself.

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  I deplore hypocricy wherever it is found.

  Coffee