What is it with people? I don't dispute global warming, but, as I blogged on before, can we have an intelligent conversation about it without people going nutso to the extreme, or making us all feel ashamed of flipping on a light switch? Good example: Climbing Magazine (rock climbing mag), August 2007 issue had a commentary on page one by the editor who lamented about the carbon footprint he was using by driving his mini-SUV 300 miles to the crag. Then he wailed about how much carbon was created...
Carbon neutral practices and Carbon Offsets are big in the news these days. The AP carried a story over the weekend: Do Trees Make it OK to drive an SUV?. This morning I saw a news story that tallied up a business traveler's personal carbon footprint. What the heck is all this talk about carbon footprints and carbon neutral living? Basically the idea is that everything we do - from flying in a plane, driving a car, to what we buy, is using energy which contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions...