What do you do?
From:
roger hess jr
Date:
2007 Mar 12 02:48 UTC
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as a related subtopic, what do you think of buying carbon footprint offsets?
according to carbon footprint calculators that i've seen, the average american
could offset their carbon footprint for about $100.00 a year. since there are
about 300 million people in the united states, that means the united states
could offset the entire country's carbon footprint for about $30 billion
dollars. now, myself, i think this whole idea of buying carbon footprint
offsets is the biggest scam i've ever heard and the people who are collecting
the money are getting rich off of this scam, but, if it is valid, it seems like
$30 billion dollars a year is way cheaper than changing our way of life. so, in
other words, for $30 billion dollars, we could forget all about trying to
reduce carbon emmissions in the US, we could forget about trying to reduce
pollution from motor vehicles, we can keep using coal for electricity
production, and all other measures to help the environment. it seems like the
purchase of carbon footprint offsets is counterproductive. we should be doing
what is best for the environment so that future generations will have a good
place to live.
of course. i don't know why people say we need to save mother earth since the
earth was in existence for billions of years before humans showed up, and the
earth will be here for billions of years after humans have become extinct. the
span of time where humans populate the earth will be but a blink of the eye as
far as the lifespan of the earth and any changes we cause will make no
difference to the planet.
finally, for myself, i'm a whole lot more worried about what may or may not
happen when the earth's magnetic field flips again. this is of more concern to
me than global warming and no one talks about that. we are thousands of years
overdue for another flipping of the earth's poles. the earth's magnetic field
is reducing at a very fast rate and anomalies are popping up all over the
world. plus, there is the possibility that instead of the poles just flipping
this time, the earth's magnetic field may disappear altogether.
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