San Francisco International Airport will soon be populated with kiosks where green, and presumably well-off, travelers can buy indulgences for their environmental sin of air travel. The machines give travelers a chance to buy carbon offsets by calculating their trip's carbon footprint, along with the cost of an investment necessary to reduce general environmental impact by the same amount.
Once the travelers pay, they get receipts telling them which projects they have sponsored. All you need is a credit card to save the planet!
Offsetting a trip to Europe would cost about $36, while a two-hour trip would only cost $4. Would you participate?
Manoush
Hussein Chalayan
Kit Heath
Where is the "Martin Luther" of the Green movement when we need one.
1That's a great idea. I like it.
2Yeah, 'cause Al Gore didn't make enough money off his sham movie.
3Al Gore isn't the only person who has money in carbon off-sets. I've bought off-sets and given them as gifts and they seem like a great idea for individuals.
4Sure I think allowing us to have the choice is great.
5Are they tax deductible?
6Air travel is so expensive already, but it does sound like a lovely idea, and I might do it.
7Air travel is so expensive already, but it does sound like a lovely idea, and I might do it.
8I think its pretty great someone even thought of the idea ~ at least they're making an effort toward the good of the planet. Hopefully it is a legitimate effort.
9This is for the good of planet in the same way that buying "indulgences" was good for the Catholic faith.
10Farmers get $2 an acre for using no-till seeders from carbon offsets. Unfortunately, that's not the most carbon friendly way to farm. It's good though that the farmers are getting paid due to the stupidity of city people. Usually the stupidity of city people sets poor policy for farmers. That's a nice turn of events.
11Beavis, I don't get it. Can you explain it more?
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13If someone gave me a gift of carbon offsets? I would regift it back to them the next year. LAME.
Reminds of me of George on seinfeld, making up a charity to give money to in peoples names....
14If we're going to make up a charity, how about we give to the GUDAW society. It's a non-profit organization designed to provide the less fortunate with the tools to make their own lives more healthy.
(GUDAW - Get UnDave A Wii)
15If it's voluntary, helps certain people feel better about flying, and benefits other organizations, then why not?
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