by Michael Smith (Veshengro)
Nothing has changed bar that is it not sins in the religious sense but environmental sins that are being prepaid here with those newfangled indulgences called carbon offsets or carbon credits.
What are we doing? Taking loans out. That is to say carbon credits, on the future of our Planet. We must be totally and entirely mad and out of our minds. All in order to continue with the BAU business model.
I do not care whether it is called carbon offsetting, carbon credits or carbon trading. It is still the same, namely indulgences bought by the rich countries from the poor countries in order to continue pollute at will.
The business as usual business model is not sustainable – not that it ever has been – and we also must consider that carbon is but one part of our environmental footprint and for that reason I have the use of the term “carbon footprint”.
Carbon is banded about that much because they have come up with a way of trading credits, in other words, indulgences, and this is being seen by many people as a way of making a quick buck.
Carbon offsetting must be dumped in the same way as the Church of Rome stopped the use of indulgences. While it is a nice niche business for some big organizations, financial organizations even, it is not anything that will ever benefit the Planet. Period! The sooner we all realize that the better.
We must change, not trade fictional credits and indulgences.
© 2010
