Obnoxious to blame the fans for causing Global Warming. Go Green Bay!
Posted on 11/22/2007 11:32:05 AM PST by melt
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions say they'll take on the Green Bay Packers without warming the globe, buying a stake in a replanted rain forest in Ecuador to offset the up to 933 tons of carbon dioxide the Thanksgiving Day game is expected to generate.
The Lions will follow the standards for greenhouse gas offsets laid down by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, according to the environmental engineering company handling Thursday's "green game" at Ford Field.
It may seem odd to plant trees in South America because of U.S. football fans' tailpipe emissions, but there is strong logic to it, said Mike Dolkowski, a partner in Carbon Credit Environmental Services Inc.
"CO2 and greenhouse gases are a global issue," he said.
U.S. businesses and private citizens can and should do much to reduce their own "carbon footprints" by switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs and switching to renewable energy sources, he said.
But some costs — like flying a football team and entourage from Wisconsin to Michigan — can't be helped, Dolkowski said.
"There are emissions that are inevitable," he said.
That's where carbon offsets come in.
A company or family can take steps that buy a share in a greenhouse gas reduction project anywhere in the world to neutralize the net effect of their own carbon dioxide output.
Carbon Credit Environmental Services is a Detroit-based for-profit business engaged in a range of programs related to energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction.
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Obnoxious to blame the fans for causing Global Warming. Go Green Bay!
Suckers.
They should forfeit all their road games and only play at home.
There seems to be no escape from this crap anymore. Like some cheap horror movie “brain virus,” the ethos of Sheryl Crow seems to have become mainstream.
Wonder who's making money off this scam. No names on their Web site.
So, if nobody "bought" these trees, the effect would be the same. So it's all fake!
Shame On You Steelers! Planet Haters!!!!
Not odd, just silly.
But what if the fans burp, or fart. Is that figured into the calculations? Or don’t let 60,000 fans exhale. That might help.
The effect is they get to sell a few hundred dollars worth of trees for tens of thousands of dollars. Smart business model, stupid environmental policy. There is doubt that trees even curb CO2 emmissions.
Let’s hope they slaughter the endangered Lions.
It don’t matter, the Pack is gonna win.
Fools, they need to focus on Green Bay..........Looks like they're going to end up 0 - 2 for today! LOL!
"AIEEEEEE!" (sound of window glass breaking as kromike jumps out of 30-story window...>
One would think the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field is more in tune with the environment than domed Ford Field no? What can we say about these Detroit Lukewarmists?
“private citizens can and should do much to reduce their own “carbon footprints” by switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs and switching to renewable energy sources, he said.
But some costs — like flying a football team and entourage from Wisconsin to Michigan — can’t be helped, Dolkowski said.”
At least we have our priorities straight; should we watch the game or turn off the T.V. to save the planet?
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