A cartoon in The New York Times brilliantly captured the mentality behind the latest green trend. It showed a man kneeling at the confessional praying, โForgive me, but I have SUVโd.โ
The minister takes the proffered bag of money and replies:
Go thy way, thy sins are offset. You too can be forgiven of your carbon emitting sins and achieve the exalted status of being โcarbon neutralโ without trading in your SUV or cancelling that overseas vacation.โ
Hereโs a collection of articles weโve written on the issue carbon offsets:
Enron-Type Accounting Used to Calculate โCarbon Offsetsโ
Romm on trees and carbon offsets
The Latest in Offsets: Homelessness
Carbon Trading: โBad for the South, Bad for the North, Bad for the Climateโ
Monbiot: Methane Findings Highlight the Scam of Carbon Trading
