Posts from ‘December, 2007’

Check here, or here. If you’re gonna give someone a gift card, spare the environment and the firm’s profit line, and give them cash.

The first paragraph is from the National Review. The second is from the Economist blog Democracy in America. “Uniting the conservative coalition is not enough to win a presidential election, but it is a prerequisite for building on that coalition. Rudolph Giuliani did extraordinary work as mayor of New York and was inspirational on 9/11. [...]

“Third, and most serious, the carbon-offset movement, combined with well-publicized projects by Google and other companies to reduce carbon emissions, creates the false impression that global warming can be tamed by voluntary efforts, just as cleaning up after dogs has been achieved by voluntary efforts, without need for legal compulsion. Global warming cannot be tamed [...]

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