Talking the Talk

There is one thing that many of the pieces I read this morning have in common: I found all of them disappointing. For example, this piece by Roy Disney’s granddaughter, Abigail, lamenting that “125 billionaires” could put an end to anthropogenic climate change by changing the policies of the companies in which they have major stakes.

What I found disappointing was how abstract it was. The bottom line was that they should behave better even if it cost them money. Maybe. Maybe not.

I did a little checking (and I mean a very little) and found that of them have carbon footprints a hundred times mine. Now that’s a concrete way they could reduce carbon emissions: stop doing things that emit so much carbon. The preferred strategy appears to be buying carbon offsets. IMO those are almost entirely cons.

5 comments… add one
  • Grey Shamber Link

    Upsetting and sad.
    They intend to sacrifice the poor and middle class on the climate altar while assuming (correctly),
    a little public self flagellation will be token enough to continue their lifestyle.
    Off with their heads.

  • walt moffett Link

    Wonder how many of them profit from the sale/exchange of carbon indulgences. Oh well, not to matter, as those third worlders pump their water by hand instead of diesel and are so grateful when those one to a household solar lanterns are handed out.

  • bob sykes Link

    All of this nonsense, all this, for a hoax.

    Is it not obvious why civilizations crash? It’s happening before our eyes.

    Our grandchildren, the few hundred thousand who survive the collapse, will be hunter-gatherers

  • Drew Link

    I guess sweet Abby has not heard of China or India.

    Anyway, I had to laugh at the essay, and the three previous comments. There is more common sense here than in the entire enviro-nut world. Especially Grey’s initial observation that those with too much time and money on their hands are sacrificing the rest of the world’s population for nothing more than a few minutes of self-congratulatory preening.

  • This illustrates how bankrupt all of the proposals for reducing U. S. carbon emissions are. Everything that I have seen will essentially be shrugged off by the top 1% of income earners and they’re the ones responsible for the preponderance of emissions. Meanwhile, a major effect of a carbon tax will be to reduce the number of people seeking employment.

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