Want to stop Global Warming? I've got some swamp land I can sell you.
Heard this on NPR this morning, now swamps are causing global warming. The Greens normally love wetlands, but now they want to flood them and grow weeds to stop global warming and to make millions of dollars while saving the planet. Maybe the state of Louisiana should sell carbon offsets to California, they're whole state is basically a big flooded swamp.
Here's an idea, how about cut down all those giant redwoods in California turn them into lumber. This is the best way to capture carbon for a very long time, then you would plant new redwoods in their place to keep sucking up more of that nasty CO2. Not only would you make a ton of dough selling Carbon Credits you could also make money by actually SELLING THE LUMBER.
I'm trying to be sarcastic, but this is actually what they are doing. I guess if your core beliefs are based on a lie, bizarre behavior should be expected.


Can 'Carbon Ranching' Offset Emissions In Calif.?
by Christopher Joyce, NPR.org
Climate experts are exploring the concept of growing dense fields of weeds to help soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Just over a year from now, California will begin enforcing a set of laws that limit emissions of greenhouse gases from factories, power plants and, eventually, from vehicles.
So if you run a power plant in California, you might reduce your footprint by buying new, cleaner equipment. But that can be expensive.
Instead, you could help pay to protect a growing forest, because it sucks carbon dioxide out of the air. Or you could pay a farmer to capture methane from a pond of pig waste.

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