Carbon-Offset Credits

One of the first 5 sites I looked at was proud that 85% of the money they received went to the cause. The cause was to bring awareness to the problem. Does knowledge or action solve the problem?

Some of the other sites talked about "offsetting your carbon footprint by supporting trees or alternative energy."

Both of those are future offsets.

Is it politically correct to borrow future environmental credit to pay for today's excesses? Debt always adds stress. Now it's going to be environmental debt?

I understand the need for money in developing new technology.

But the idea that I don't have to do anything personally to help the environment because I'm paying someone else to do it reminds me of paying runners to exercise for me back in the '80's when I worked in San Francisco's Financial District.

The multi-family recycling program I created in 1994 has saved 50,000 trees and continues to save 4,000 or 5,000 trees each year. Does that mean I get to put wheels on the Queen Mary and use her as my daily commuter?

The One Quadrillion BTU Project will save one quadrillion BTUs of energy. Should I look into putting wheels on the Space Shuttle? Or should I sell carbon-offset credits up to it's carbon-offset credit value of 1-5 Billion Dollars, depending on who's credit calculator you use?

And is carbon the only environmental issue?

Gold for our jewelry puts 10 to 15 times more mercury into the atmosphere than all our coal electric plants combined. That's O.K.?

I am “self-funding” the One Quadrillion BTU Project. It's exciting.

I have “self-funded” the Environmental Maniac up to this point.

If the Maniac only saves one child or pregnant woman from mercury poisoning, it will be worth it.

You can help, tell your friends about this site.

Follow this link to find out more.

Thank you all for your support,

chris.