That’s right, feel guilty about your carbon footprint, buy a carbon credit and all is good! Not so fast. Who is it that you think is doing the labor to offset your footprint? Noel points out:
Customers of British Airways are among those who have been encouraged to log on to Climate Care’s website and calculate how many tonnes of greenhouse gases their flights will generate, and how much it will cost to neutralise the impact on the atmosphere. A flight to Barbados for a family of four, for example, generates 7.55 tonnes of carbon dioxide, which will cost them £56.64 to offset.
Climate Care uses the money to help persuade families such as Sarju’s to give up labour-saving diesel pumps and buy human-powered treadles instead. It claims that by using the treadle, a family will save money on diesel and hire charges, earn more from increased crops and cut the carbon emissions that would have been produced by the pump.
Last week Indian experts criticised the scheme, saying it was promoting child labour and forcing poor farmers to work harder so that wealthy air travellers could enjoy exotic holidays without worrying about the environment.
“The problem is the number of times child labour is involved,” claimed Ashutosh Pandey of Emergent Ventures India, which advises companies on clean technology.
Think that the nightly news programs will lead with this?
Why does this not surprise me. The reality is the wealthy class (mostly) don’t give a hoot about the working poor. The hollywood spoilbrats are the absolute worse. Other than Angelina Jolie, who at least puts her money where her mouth is, these liberals are not and will never give up their elaborate lifestyles.
I’ve said it before, these carbon offsets are a sham.
More ways they can manipulate the kids for some fruadelent program i mean its as bad as that rotten TV ad put on by ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE with those kids going TICK TICK TICK and blabbering about this global warming bull kaka and frankly some one should put one of those eco-freaks on those tredmils I mean they want us living like cavemen sitting around going OOOMMM OOOMMM OOOMMM and cowering in our caves at a eclipes they want us to worship nature like they do SCREW CARBON OFFSETS SCREW AL GORE,SCREW GREENPEACE,SCREW ENVIROMENTAL DEFENSE:-w
We spend more time on Barbara Streisand in this country because of Liberals. Maybe if we bomb SF, The Libs will get the hint. Hey, if Obama thinks it is a good idea to bomb allies, why not bomb San Francisco? The libs haven’t given Obama a grief for his statements.
#1 BonBon I am disgusted, and surprised because I knew the carbon offsets racket was a scam; but this is even worse, far worse.
To actively diminish the quality of life of some person or family or kid just to peddle this bs scam is beyond contempt and disgrace; it is pure evil.
Certainly not out of character for today’s elitist hypocrites.
That is the liberal midset for you Robert;)
Absolutely but my main concern is for the children. Who is going to advocate for them? The liberals? Give me a break. They are selfish, smut mongers.
Pam, it is just such outrageous hypocrisy! The same sobs that are making careers out of casting Conservatives as being mean-spirited and selfish, blah, blah, will do this under the guise of their greenie ecofraud save the earth super scam.
BonBon, maybe Presidential Candidate HilLiary Rotten Klinton will take up the cause!
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You know, she’s for the children! Well, that’s what she always says, right?
ps BonBon that’s cool you have a new job in the Capitol area? Maybe you can keep an eye on the pols for us? l-)
Robert…thanks, it’s my intention to keep an eye out. I will actually be able to sit in the gallery sometimes when Congress is in session. Two blocks up!! I am psyched!!<:-p