Will Media Report Global Warming 'Carbon Credit' Fraud? | NewsBusters.orgThis seemed kind of a bogus thing when I first heard about it, especially when I heard Al Gore was involved in a scheme to peddle carbon offsets. I can appreciate a good con when I see one, and that was just plain rich, with Al Gore both warning about global CO2 problems AND offering a solution. Snake-oil salesmen, beware! (Snake-oil salesmen may be a dying breed, though. Not many folks looking to oil snakes these days...)It’s conceivable that years from now, America’s media will be reporting one of the biggest frauds in history: the idea that a wealthy person, for instance, soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore, can purchase “carbon credits” to offset his lavish lifestyle making him quote “carbon neutral.”
Given the media’s love affair with the former vice president as well as advancing man-made global warming hysteria, few American press members have dared to expose this hoax for what it is.
However, on Wednesday, an impeccably reputable publication, the Financial Times, published an article that is a deliciously inconvenient truth for folks like Gore, Laurie David, Sheryl Crow, and all the rest of the alarmists that are actively involved in what years from now will be considered one of the biggest scams ever...
So to go one step further - is the company that Al Gore helped set up something that would actually 'help', or simply help Al Gore line his pockets?
J.
Comments (4)
Can I get the methane offsets business??
For your $5,000 I will send you a lifetime supply of 'Beano'!
Cows and termites *not* included in this offer...
Next up: a ban on dihydrogen monoxide! It is destroying our civilization....
Posted by ajacksonian | April 27, 2007 1:26 PM
Posted on April 27, 2007 13:26
You know that dihydrogen monoxide stuff? I've got it on good authority that the oceans are full of it! Ask any lab - and for god's sakes even your pipes are running with it!
J.
Posted by JLawson | April 27, 2007 10:43 PM
Posted on April 27, 2007 22:43
carbon credits are often in the form of planted trees which, i hope you know, take a few years to mature. mature trees take up
Co2. everyone realizes that this is not the total solution, but one we all can start with. "few american press members have dared to expose the hoax..." - even fewer european, asian or african press have - maybe because the vast amount of scientific evidence shows that it isn't a hoax.
Posted by drew phillips | May 2, 2007 11:37 PM
Posted on May 2, 2007 23:37
Biologically, yes - trees do take up carbon.
How many trees would need to be planted to make up for Al Gore's travels? And how can you be sure they're planted, and the money not just funneled off?
Look up the indulgences that the Church used to sell for sinning - it's the same principle. Pay the money, ease your conscience, and it doesn't matter whether the trees get planted or not because you've virtuiously done your part to combat global warming.
J.
Posted by JLawson | May 3, 2007 1:47 AM
Posted on May 3, 2007 01:47