The role individuals can play in reducing the impact of global warming is taking shape over the
debate regarding the purchase of carbon offsets. For all the good feelings that bubble up to mitigate carbon emmissions there's a nagging controversy about their effectiveness and the accountability of some of the enterprises making money in an unregulated industry. ( USA Today)
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Carbon Offsets: Scam or Sound Business?
Category: Environment • Transportation
Posted on: March 2, 2007 12:51 PM, by EJGili
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The idea is rather slyly satirized at CheatNeutral.
Posted by: David Harmon | March 2, 2007 04:15 PM
On topic: Offsets seem to be a potentially excellent way of achieving at least a proportion of the emissions control needed - perhaps a P&S wedge's worth? - but it badly needs credible regulation. That's what we all know: so how about some helpful info on credible offset schemes? Anyone?
Off topic: It's your blog, Enrique, and your call how you use it; but this is the fifth promising post title I've hit on in the last few minutes that leads to just a sentence or two... C'mon, this is ScienceBlogs! Posts of substance are kind of expected, and link-only posts like these should at least point us to something... well... wikipedia and USA today? I'm a-rolling of my eyes.
I appreciate that this is rather rude, and I apologise for that. But your profile has you as a writer, and that sort of promises something more. As I say, though: your blog, your call.
Posted by: outeast | March 4, 2007 02:06 PM
I use commonground to start my day and begin thinkng about topics I'm interested in covering . The blog itself is kind of
an electronic filing cabinet for whatever information I want to share with other people. And for that reason alone, it more than serves its purpose. It's not an opporunity to ruminate, rail or opine on whatever I'm thinking. Because, to be honest I'm not that interesting.
Posted by: Enrique | March 6, 2007 01:05 PM