http://blog.catalogchoice.org/2009/04/23/inspired-by-earth-day-thousands-of-new-members-join/ Reduce the number of catalogs you receive in the mail and go paperless. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:43:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.catalogchoice.org/2009/04/23/inspired-by-earth-day-thousands-of-new-members-join/comment-page-1/#comment-10610 Gloria G Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:21:39 +0000 http://blog.catalogchoice.org/?p=896#comment-10610 Amen!! Amen!!

]]> http://blog.catalogchoice.org/2009/04/23/inspired-by-earth-day-thousands-of-new-members-join/comment-page-1/#comment-10123 jake3_14 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:48:39 +0000 http://blog.catalogchoice.org/?p=896#comment-10123 Carbon offsets are 21st-century snake oil. They offset *no* current pollution. Not one pound of any pollutant is removed from the environment by their purchase. The offsets merely subsidize the capital and operating costs of technology and and projects that might reduce future emissions but would never be economically viable without the subsidy of the offset. Call these instruments what they are: pollution control subsidy futures. Carbon offsets are 21st-century snake oil. They offset *no* current pollution. Not one pound of any pollutant is removed from the environment by their purchase. The offsets merely subsidize the capital and operating costs of technology and and projects that might reduce future emissions but would never be economically viable without the subsidy of the offset. Call these instruments what they are: pollution control subsidy futures.

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