What do you think? Are carbon offsets going to solve global warming in one-fell swoop? Are they just one piece of the puzzle? Or, do you think they’re entirely booooogus, and should be relegated to ideas junkyard, along with Flowbees, Betamax players and cases of New Coke? Have you bought carb…

I fear that most “carbon offsets” available today are really ways of making money for doing what you should be doing anyway. Having your customers pay for required pollution control.

I suppose on a large-scale industrial application, I can see how these credits may be useful. But individuals buying credits won’t work, I don’t think. It makes the individual feel better (and makes their wallet lighter) but they don’t do anything different and anything the credit seller does (assum…

“I find it hard to believe that computer models can accurately predict the weather centuries in advance, when they can’t even predict accurately the weather for next week.” Global warming is a climatological phenomenon, not weather. Weather is short term, climate is long term. And there is still c…

I recall reading somewhere that a study was done which showed that increased CO2 levels came about AFTER a rise in global temperature throughout the Earth’s history. Thus, CO2 levels increase as a result of increased temperature, not the other way around. I’ll have to find that study again. In any …

" In any case, increased CO2 levels are encouraging plant growth in the Sahara desert, shrinking the desert, but making more fertile and farmable land, and more land in which to live on." I only found one scholarly reference on this subject during a quick search. A Florida State climatologist and …

For f***s sake… I hope you’re not seriously proposing this as an alternative…

Saving the ecology has become a grand industry. And, like most industries, those wishing to capitalize on it take every opportunity to do so, including manufacturing a demand for snake oil and “thin air.” And also, these snake oil/thin air salesmen have brought on politicians looking to benefit from…

What thoughtful and practical environmental issues do you want to discuss?

Betamax is actually a superior format to VHS - it just lost the marketing war. I think any system where you force anybody to do things they otherwise would not do (or want to do) is not workable and sustainable in the long run. We need to find ways to get people to WANT to reduce carbon emissions …

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goernie March 22, 2008, 9:56pm 11

I have not used carbon offsets but have you heard of “water4gas”? You can get the best idea from their website http://water4gas.com/2books.htm?hop=sfnet11&gclid=cpwn--qcjzicfqzbhgodve7m-w
The idea sound incredible.

goernie

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