Monday, August 07, 2006

Sins of emission

More that just I view carbon offsets as some sort of forgiveness via checkbook:

Carbon offsets | Sins of emission | Economist.com

THE sale of indulgences by the Catholic church in the early 16th century, whereby people could, in effect, purchase forgiveness of past sins by handing over enough money, was condemned by Martin Luther and other reformers. Today, some environmentalists are denouncing the “offsetting” of carbon emissions in similar terms.




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