Posted by
Average Voter on Sunday, March 23, 2008 11:13:58 PM
Here is what we have come to expect from these European nations who think that global warming is the end all issue. Norway said back in 2007 that by 2030 they would be carbon neutral. Planting trees in Argentina and buying organic food from Africa offsets their emissions at home. I believe that is called using "fuzzy math".
Many signed on not only to set an example of their own but also for a kind of public relations boon, or to pre-empt or get out ahead of government regulations they feel are probably inevitable. In the past year, the Vatican announced that it was carbon neutral, and companies like Wal-Mart say they are aiming for that goal.
But their claims — like Norway’s — all require asterisks, like home-run records buoyed by steroids. And as the Norwegian plan shows, achieving a carbon-neutral state, for now, often depends as much on how you make the calculation and how much money you spend, as it does on hard work, sacrifice or even innovation.
Looking good is more important than actually doing good.