So let me get this straight. I click on your offer, I pay you 100$ to offset the CO2 that I generated today and you PROMISE that you will plant a tree in return?
Seriously?
Check out the website of "Climate Care" or "CarbonNeutral". Wow.
I think I will start my own company, promising these things.
2007-03-14 19:54:19 · 6 answers · asked by Ejsenstejn 2 in Environment
Yes, they are the new indulgences. And, isn't it amazing ?? -Al Gore has set up a company to sell them !!
2007-03-14 20:04:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are like indulgences in that they make certain kinds of useful conduct more acceptable.
Indulgences funded the restoration of the physical infrastructure of the Vatican, in and of itself a laudable goal.
Offset certificates reward companies with smaller carbon footprints and penalize those with larger ones (who do nothing to clean up). That too is a laudable goal.
Both try to manipulate human behavior but that's nothing new, its written into many of our laws. For example, the tax code gives a break to those with more children, thereby indirectly promoting larger families. The tax code gives a break to those who are married, thereby directly endorsing marriage.
Money is and always has been more than a means to purchase goods a services. It is now and forever will be an instrument of social policy.
2007-03-15 07:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be if guys like Al Gore get their way. His company wants to be paid a commission on every watt of evergy you burn. And some fools can't wait to pay him. The gods must be laughing.
2007-03-15 19:09:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tried 2 research on this, however, didnt find ne info.
2007-03-15 02:58:07 · answer #4 · answered by Halle 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is just a way for big money to buy their way out of environmental compliance.
2007-03-15 08:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-03-15 02:57:14 · answer #6 · answered by chi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋