Author Topic: The world is full of morons. (Read 1514 times)

blackdiamond · « **on:** Feb 28, 2007, 05:15:42 PM »

Have you heard of this before?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_credit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_emissions_trading

To put this simply, someone managed to convince the wealthy people of the world to pay money for nothing.

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #1 on:** Feb 28, 2007, 05:20:56 PM »

wtf?

hey bd, since you just bought that new car, can ya sell me some emissions credits, so its not so hard to pass smog next time?

blackdiamond · « **Reply #2 on:** Feb 28, 2007, 05:24:19 PM »

Quote from: BLACKDOG on Feb 28, 2007, 05:20:56 PM

wtf?

hey bd, since you just bought that new car, can ya sell me some emissions credits, so its not so hard to pass smog next time?

The car only gets 20/28 mpg running premium so nothing to sell.

By the way, Al Gore and Arnold "buy" this stuff.

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #3 on:** Feb 28, 2007, 05:42:57 PM »

Quote from: blackdiamond on Feb 28, 2007, 05:24:19 PM

The car only gets 20/28 mpg running premium so nothing to sell.

By the way, Al Gore and Arnold "buy" this stuff.

yeh, well I get about 12/18 mpg

guess i'll have to go bum some credits off the prius peeps.

So thats how Al Gore got away with running his electricity so much

Arnold doesn't surprise me, he's got that fleet of Hummers he's got to keep running

abnormaltoy · « **Reply #4 on:** Feb 28, 2007, 06:54:18 PM »

It's a shell game. If you buy these, you are only buying a "clear conscience"...it's not like a factory in Bangladesh shuts down to make up the difference.

red · « **Reply #5 on:** Feb 28, 2007, 08:26:01 PM »

its just a way for them to make money and claim that they limit their usage of fossil fuels. heres another example of "how true global warming is" http://carbonfund.org/site/ donate money to them to offset your carbon usage.

global warming caused by humans and is not a way for certain people to make a whole lot of money?

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