Originally posted by: eskimospy
I just want to thank Fern here. He has shown that there are plenty of valid ways to question the effectiveness of carbon offsets, there are even good ways to argue that they don't work. He does all this without being an idiot. Without going "Hurfff bllurrrffff Al Gore's stupid.. he said he invnted the intarnet!"
I personally believe that there is enough credibility and enough reason to believe they are effective that they are worthwile to have, but I feel like most of you people couldn't care less if they work or not. You just hate Al Gore and look for any possible excuse to attack him. This is shown by the fact that you keep repeating the same illogical arguments no matter how many times, and how thoroughly they are discredited. If you aren't the slightest bit interested in what other people have to say, and aren't contributing anything to the discussion outside of insults and poorly thought out arguments... why do you bother?
I simply do not believe that Al Gore is someone who is honestly following through with his "carbon offset" intentions. I also believe that the majority of these "offset" services are bullsh*t money-making schemes to begin with.
I highly doubt that Gore is damaging his own bottom-line in order to "offset" his personal carbon footprint. I question his integrity, and therefore won't be surprised when we all find out that his company is into some shady bullsh*t.
Fact is, I doubt the integrity of most high-level politicians. There are very few I have any respect for.
However, I still trust Obama, and I sincerely hope he remains honest. How is that for political partisanship!? Then again, I'm not even a Republican... although most folks here at P&N assume that I am simply because of my right-leaning views on Defense and the GWOT. That's their mistake...