Is the selling of carbon offsets nothing more then a scam?

Question

There are some things you just gotta do yourself. Someone else can’t lose your weight, quit your addiction, parent your kids, or confess your sins.
You have to do it. And, just as you can’t buy indulgences that allow you to go right on sinning without any consequences, you can’t buy carbon offsets that allow you to go right on polluting without any consequences, either.

Neither God nor science works that way.
Yet, the selling of “voluntary carbon offsets”—eco-indulgences—is a $55 million per year industry, involving over three dozen companies worldwide. Total sales are anticipated to double both this year and next, and entrepreneurs are clamoring all over themselves for a piece of the action.
And it’s all a scam.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2007/09/09/carbon_offsets__eco-extortion,_green_guilt,_and_the_selling_of_indulgences

Answer 1

Watch the movie below, and you'll understand the incredible hoax that is man-made global warming, these carbon credits are a clever scam to enrich the people who want even greater control of the world economy.

First, the paltry millions of dollars you cite is nothing compared to where the global warming elite want to take this. Sooner or later, they'll have practically every business contributing. I've even heard that companies would be taxed based on number of employees, and how far they must drive to work. Yes, it's insidious, just like the Tollway system, which was first presented as a SHORT TERM way to pay off the tollways. We were told after 10 years they would be eliminated. Ha! That was fifty years ago.

Here's what's happening. There is a sinister group of people like George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and others who believe that capitalism is bad, and wars could be prevented if our robust economies were hobbled by extensive taxation, under the theory that if a country does not have a lot of money to spend freely, they can't afford to wage war. (obviously, they don't remember Nazi Germany and the Treaty of Versailles)

When the Cold War ended, these people realized an ingenious way to get more power. The anti-war crowd (who had no cause to champion once the USSR dissolved) joined forces with the rabid environmental crowd. Their plan? Tie capitalism with destruction of the planet. Squeeze capitalism to death while funnelling the profits to areas that will supposedly help the environment.

It's easy to verify this. Now that more and more scientists are bravely stepping forward to denounce the global warming hoax, the proponents of man made Global Warming are switching tactics. They will say, "even if we are wrong, and global warming is not caused by man, we will be doing the environment so much good". That.... is like a chess player proudly announcing "Check, and MATE !"

Who is going to reap the benefits of these carbon credits? Al Gore and others who have established companies to accept these carbon credits.

If you had one major volcanic eruption, it can easily spew out more CO2 than all of mankind's activities for a whole year. Therefore, my suggestion is this: to placate the rabid Global Warming crowd, let's find an active volcano, and cap it by throwing in lardbutts like Al Gore, Michael Moore, and George Soros. I regret that Sean Penn is such a scarecrow, but he can hold hands with Rosie O'Donnell.

Answer 2

This is silly to think about as some vast conspiracy. I agree that all "green" products aren't necessarily better -- or even "greener" than others. But the whole green idea is a marketing technique. Some green products and actions are worthwhile, but not all. I'd say you would find a whole bunch of Republican running companies that have gotten on the green train. But, yeah, I buy some, when it makes sense to do so. It's not a scam -- not a liberal plot.

Answer 3

It totally is a scam!!! I heard that John Travolta was contributing like 3 million this year to "offset" the pollution from his jets. Tell me, where exactly does this money go? It's a rhetorical question of course, because we all know it goes into the pockets of one Al Gore and his false reality of Global Warming. This guy is also the nutcase, if you all remember, who claimed to have created the internet in the early 90's! Great question!
Yes, it is a scam!!!

Answer 4

This concept is borne out of the idea that the EPA has long used for producers of pollution. A factory can "trade or purchase" credits for their pollution by buying credits from other pollution fighting methodologies. It was created to ensure fairness to factories that routinely violate pollution standards while still giving them the opportunity to produce their product or service.

Answer 5

I work for a company based in Scotland.

Trading in carbon certificates makes more money than the business units.

If our local managers don't show up for work, they receive disciplinary action.
If they don't turn in their mileage and fuel consumption data for calculating carbon certificate value, they are fired on the spot.

Answer 6

Of course not! Don't you want to save the planet for your children? The sky is warming! The sky is warming! Just so happens, its your lucky day! I just happen to have some to sell! I normally get much more for them but for you I'll sell them real cheap...

Answer 7

Ofcourse its a scam, and ole Al "Baby" Gore stands to make out like a bandit.

Answer 8

Just look at whoose behind it,That should answer this ??He coudn't get that big a peice of the pie ,cause He Lost(Thank God) ,so know he is making up for it

Answer 9

It is absolutely not a scam.

Sincerely,
Savings and loan, global cooling, and carneys.

Answer 10

It is a scam.