Comments on: California to consider opening carpool lanes to those who buy Carbon Offsets http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/02/27/california-to-consider-opening-carpool-lanes-to-those-who-buy-carbon-offsets/ Challenging Orange County's right-wing noise machine Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:33:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gus Ayer http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/02/27/california-to-consider-opening-carpool-lanes-to-those-who-buy-carbon-offsets/comment-page-1/#comment-14857 Gus Ayer Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:32:51 +0000 http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/02/27/california-to-consider-opening-carpool-lanes-to-those-who-buy-carbon-offsets/#comment-14857 Here's the <a href="http://cheatneutral.com/" rel="nofollow">best parody of carbon offsets</a> that I've seen. For a robust laugh, take a minute and watch the video. Battin, of course, has no chance of passing this bill, especially when there are tens of thousands of hybrid owners waiting patiently for additional stickers to be issued. Their vehicles actually save fuel, pollute far less, and contribute far less carbon to the atmosphere. This is just Republican humor. When you've relegated yourself to permanent minority status by forcing all your moderates to march to ultra-right orders, and the Governor of your own party isolates your out-of-touch environmental positions, what's left are press releases and bills that will never get out of committee. Here’s the best parody of carbon offsets that I’ve seen. For a robust laugh, take a minute and watch the video.

Battin, of course, has no chance of passing this bill, especially when there are tens of thousands of hybrid owners waiting patiently for additional stickers to be issued. Their vehicles actually save fuel, pollute far less, and contribute far less carbon to the atmosphere.

This is just Republican humor. When you’ve relegated yourself to permanent minority status by forcing all your moderates to march to ultra-right orders, and the Governor of your own party isolates your out-of-touch environmental positions, what’s left are press releases and bills that will never get out of committee.

]]> By: Dan Chmielewski http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/02/27/california-to-consider-opening-carpool-lanes-to-those-who-buy-carbon-offsets/comment-page-1/#comment-14851 Dan Chmielewski Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:01:35 +0000 http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/02/27/california-to-consider-opening-carpool-lanes-to-those-who-buy-carbon-offsets/#comment-14851 Does this mean they'll stop making fun of Al Gore? Does this mean they’ll stop making fun of Al Gore?

]]> By: Adam http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/02/27/california-to-consider-opening-carpool-lanes-to-those-who-buy-carbon-offsets/comment-page-1/#comment-14849 Adam Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:20:22 +0000 http://www.theliberaloc.com/2008/02/27/california-to-consider-opening-carpool-lanes-to-those-who-buy-carbon-offsets/#comment-14849 Sounds dumb. When you buy a hybrid or electric car, it's pretty likely to remain a hybrid or electric car. If you buy "carbon credits" for one year, is the CHP going to have to start monitoring whether you keep buying those credits the next year, and so on? I think they've got better things to do. Sounds dumb. When you buy a hybrid or electric car, it’s pretty likely to remain a hybrid or electric car. If you buy “carbon credits” for one year, is the CHP going to have to start monitoring whether you keep buying those credits the next year, and so on? I think they’ve got better things to do.

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