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November 23, 2007
Detroit Lions Vow To Fight Global Warming
Lions vow to fight global warming with `carbon neutral' game
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.
Wild Thing's comment........
ROTFLMAO
There seems to be no escape from this crap anymore.
"Carbon Credit Environmental Services is a Detroit-based for-profit business"
Wonder who's making money off this scam. No names on their Web site.
Posted by Wild Thing at November 23, 2007 12:55 AM
Comments
... only in the Murder City, in Muslimville Michigan!
Posted by: drstrangeloveb52isok at November 23, 2007 04:10 AM
Well, I'm sure The Goreacle is. The really sad thing about this is all the folks buying into it. In all seriousness.
And it's guilt free!! Doesn't get better than that.
Posted by: yankeemom at November 23, 2007 09:13 AM
" 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. " ...(Try shutting your pie-hole moron.)...
Yeah, too bad the Lions could have gotten a good QB and some Offensive Linemen for the money wasted on buying carbon off-sets for South America.
So with kind of convoluted logic we are to pay $3 dollars a gallon for gasoline and also buy a carbon credit for another $3 dollars, and in the end we are paying 6 dollars a gallon for gas. ... Yeah, that makes perfect sense...
If Detroit Lions want to set a good example, why don't they try for a winning season, once every 20 years or so.
Why are all of lifes losers so high on this scam of global warming yet they can't get elected president or win a superbowl, yet they are going to set the example, for the rest of us ???
Posted by: Mark at November 23, 2007 09:17 AM
We could save them the expense of going to these events by not showing up or viewing them, that way we can support their effort to use less and emit less carbon. They win, we win and Algorons are made happy.
Hemorrhoid sucking morons like Al Gore and Carbon Credit Environmental Services would then have to get out and find a real job instead of being a parasitic drain on society.
Posted by: Jack at November 23, 2007 12:24 PM
Wait until this cabon buying nonsense is enacted into law. This will make the income tax seem like a minor thing. The "Woodstock" mindset will ruin America, but I guess we will feel good while it is happening.
Posted by: TomR at November 23, 2007 01:04 PM
Now I know why I'm not a fan of the Detroit Lions!
Carbon Neutral? What the heck is that?
Posted by: Lynn at November 23, 2007 02:41 PM
The REAL truth behind Al Gore and the Demoncrat Manual on Brainwashing ( free gift from China )
"'Protecting the Environment' is a ruse. The goal is the political and economic subjugation of most men by the few, under the guise of preserving nature." - J. H. Robbins
"The only people who would be hurt by abandoning the Kyoto Protocol would be several thousand people who make a living attending conferences on global warming." - Professor Kirill Kondratyev, Russian Academy of Sciences
Posted by: SSgt Steve, CLC at November 23, 2007 06:06 PM
Bah.
They'd do a lot better to clean up Detroit. It sorely needs it (in more ways than one).
Posted by: Trish at November 23, 2007 08:05 PM
I need to really get into this Carbon Offset business. I'm wondering if any of my fund companies hold assets in any of these. With all the suckers out there, I'll have enough to retire off within a couple of years. Maybe even get a house like Al Gore.
Posted by: BobF at November 23, 2007 09:55 PM
drstrangeloveb52isok.........."Muslimville"...
that name fits it.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:12 AM
Yankeemom that is so true, I agree.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:15 AM
Mark,"convoluted logic " is right, they think they are supposed to be seting an example for us just like you said.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:20 AM
Jack, parasitic is exactly what they are. I am amazed that so many believe all their bs.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:24 AM
Tom, I wonder what will be next, because we know there will be something.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:28 AM
SSgt Steve, thank you for those quotes.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:31 AM
Lynn, I agree with you, what a bunch of nuts running that team.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:33 AM
Trish, yes cleaning up Detroit would be a much better idea.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:34 AM
Bob, giggle, a new business venture.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 24, 2007 12:37 AM
