Comments on: Car Trip Carbon Credits http://thevacationgals.com/car-trip-carbon-credits/ Expert advice on family trips, girlfriend getaways & romantic escapes Thu, 24 May 2012 09:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alan Foljambe http://thevacationgals.com/car-trip-carbon-credits/comment-page-1/#comment-25405 Alan Foljambe Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:01:36 +0000 http://thevacationgals.com/?p=7180#comment-25405 Carbon offset programs allow drivers to continue in their privilege, by paying a small tax to assuage their consciences. If you believe that the ecological disaster that has been created by modern society can be alleviated without sacrifice and radical change, I'm afraid you're deluding yourself. I don't mean to sound harsh, but it's a harsh situation and we need to face it. We need to minimize our consumption, shrink our economy, and stop believing that we can solve these problems with no pain at all. The ongoing cataclysm in the Gulf of Mexico is the inevitable result of an oil dependent economy. Certainly, BP is to blame to some extent, but given the size, complexity, and vulnerability of the industry, it was only a matter of time, and BP happened to draw the short straw. We need to end the oil economy, and it's going to hurt. Get used to it. Carbon offset programs allow drivers to continue in their privilege, by paying a small tax to assuage their consciences. If you believe that the ecological disaster that has been created by modern society can be alleviated without sacrifice and radical change, I’m afraid you’re deluding yourself.

I don’t mean to sound harsh, but it’s a harsh situation and we need to face it. We need to minimize our consumption, shrink our economy, and stop believing that we can solve these problems with no pain at all.

The ongoing cataclysm in the Gulf of Mexico is the inevitable result of an oil dependent economy. Certainly, BP is to blame to some extent, but given the size, complexity, and vulnerability of the industry, it was only a matter of time, and BP happened to draw the short straw. We need to end the oil economy, and it’s going to hurt. Get used to it.

]]> By: All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Ninety One http://thevacationgals.com/car-trip-carbon-credits/comment-page-1/#comment-21690 All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Ninety One Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:01:41 +0000 http://thevacationgals.com/?p=7180#comment-21690 [...] Miner presents Car Trip Carbon Credits posted at The Vacation [...] [...] Miner presents Car Trip Carbon Credits posted at The Vacation [...]

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