> Sam wrote: > If you went around the world and balanced everyone's carbon footprint, > we could all use more without guilt. It is stupid. >
It's not about *us* doing it, it's about *you* doing it. So, for example, let's say that because my car gets 12mpg I decide that anything under 100mpg is not responsible so I decide to offset. What'd I'd do is figure out what damage I'm causing with my 88mpg deficit; let's say it's 4.6 carbon units. If I buy offsets for 5 carbon units I'm carbon negative. The theory being that the Earth can stand only, say, 100 carbon units per year. If we trade carbon units on a carbon market such that the end result is 95 carbon units per year, we're carbon negative. So, maybe your allocation is 1 carbon unit, but because you're willing to ride your bike you don't need it. So I pay you $1000 for your carbon unit. And buy 4 more. In this way I get my car AND the Earth stays under 100 units. See, it's not so tough, if you agree with the theory. BTW - I paid a $2000 gas guzzler tax on my car so I'm already paid up. W00T! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229163 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
