Carbon Offsets

Caveat: The following is a major rant! I will leave it here, because it is a record of what I was thinking that day, like a journal entry. I am all for conserving our environment; I just don't buy into Gore's brand of environmentalism.

Purchasing carbon offsets is, for now, a trendy option for the rich and famous, but it is only a matter of time before we are all required to offset our own carbon emissions or pay taxes for that purpose. The ultra wealthy will become quite self-righteous as they contemplate their roles as saviors of the environment. They will begin to think that such good works ought to be required of all Americans. The wealthy politicians will jump on the bandwagon, because after all, who can be against the environment? And, besides, it will justify their own carbon-offset purchases. They can keep living in their multi-million dollar homes, vacationing on their yachts, flying their airplanes, etc., etc. And, by requiring all Americans to pay for carbon offsets, they will be doing an even greater good for the environment.

Meanwhile, those of us who were keeping our carbon-emissions pretty low anyway will bring them even lower because we will no longer have money to buy anything but the smallest of houses; we will be lucky to afford the low-end Toyotas and Hondas. The poorest of us may have to leave off motorized vehicles altogether.

And the liberals will once again have widened the gap between the rich and the poor while claiming to care.

Message to all thinking Americans: if Al Gore really thought our environment was in trouble, and that all his dire predictions were founded in fact, he would sell his mansions and move into one smaller house. He is like a crooked televangelist who tells his audience that God will bless them for giving all their money to the poor, but then turns around and keeps all the money for himself. Demand that he practice what he preaches before you decide to trust him.