Carbon offset scam

[DesertFox]

Frank Pastore
Townhall
9 Sep 07

There are some things you just gotta do yourself. Someone else can’t lose your weight, quit your addiction, parent your kids, or confess your sins.

You have to do it.

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Fat Albert waves to the press, Tuesday
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And, just as you can’t buy indulgences that allow you to go right on sinning without any consequences, you can’t buy carbon offsets that allow you to go right on polluting without any consequences, either.

Neither God nor science works that way.

Yet, the selling of “voluntary carbon offsets”—eco-indulgences—is a $55 million per year industry, involving over three dozen companies worldwide. Total sales are anticipated to double both this year and next, and entrepreneurs are clamoring all over themselves for a piece of the action.

And it’s all a scam.

More (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2007/09/09/carbon_offsets__eco-extortion,_green_guilt,_and_the_selling_of_indulge nces)

[DoctorDoom]

Gore's particular scam is that he is one of the founders and is the chairman of the company that he buys his "offsets" from, thus buying them from himself. The man is without shame or honor.

Al Gore defends his extraordinary personal energy usage by telling critics he maintains a "carbon neutral" lifestyle by buying "carbon offsets," but the company (http://www.generationim.com/) that receives his payments turns out to be partly owned and chaired by the former vice president himself.

Gore has built a "green money-making machine capable of eventually generating billions of dollars for investors, including himself, but he set it up so that the average Joe can't afford to play on Gore's terms," writes blogger Dan Riehl.Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54528)

The Generation team of 23 people represents 9 countries, speaks 8 languages, and integrates traditional equity analysts with experts from the sustainability research field. Within the team, Generation has 12 investment professionals with over 80 years of combined investment experience.

The firm was created in 2004 by six founding Partners:

> Hon. Al Gore is Chairman;Generation > About Us > Team (http://www.generationim.com/about/team.html)

[DesertFox]

Fat Albert needs to stick to eating ice cream and cotton candy. It's what he's good at.

[BuckeyeMike]

Fat son of a bitch can eat shit....and die for I care!