Thanks to Al Gore one of the latest trends in helping the
environment is the purchasing of carbon credits.In case you have never heard of them carbon
credits work like this; you purchase credits from a company that will determine
how much carbon you are responsible for putting into the air each year and they
in turn plant trees with your money to offset that amount of carbon.While this may sound like a good idea to you
at first glance I would like to suggest that it is a twofold problem.
First Al Gore formed one of the first companies to offer
carbon credits so he could use his platform to prey upon poor unsuspecting
souls. Al Gore is the worst kind of hypocrite known.It was made publicly aware that his home in Tennessee used more
power than any other home in the state and he did absolutely nothing about that
problem.Look the guy is filthy rich I get
it, but he doesn’t.If you are going to
tell everyone what a sad state the environment is in and try to force them to
change their lifestyles then you have to at least do a better job of acting
like you give a damn.2 years after he
had been repeatedly criticized for his own actions he finally agreed to put in
a few solar collectors.
BFD Al good for you.I don’t personally know the guy and he may really care, but there are so
many things that he could personally do to make a difference that he doesn’t do,
he should be ashamed.So if you purchase
carbon credits then most likely you will continue to fund Al and his entourage
who will continue to be irresponsible in what they do.There is no reason to continue to pay for his
extravagant lifestyle with your hard earned money; you did enough of that while
he slept through being your vice president.
The second and worst problem with carbon credits is that if
you really have the money to purchase them you will feel like you have done
your part and won’t curb your appetite for energy.You will continue to waste resources and won’t
feel like you need to do more.Carbon
credits are an easy way for people to feel better about themselves without
actually having to make a difference at all.
Last years earth day concert that was promoted by Al gore
was a complete farce.Take a look at
some of the studies that have been done about the consumption of energy that
concert caused and you will see just how little Al and the celebrity talkers
really care about making a difference at all.Ask some of those celebrities to fly coach or even first class on a
regular airliner instead of using their private jets and I am sure you will be
told that they make a difference by spreading the word not by taking action.
I feel that carbon credits are for irresponsible people who
want to feel good about continuing to be irresponsible.Don’t fall into that trap, learn how you can
really make a difference and step up and do it.
