John Edwards is carbon neutral!
John Edwards is touting the carbon neutrality of his new 28,000 square foot mansion.
The March 20 edition of CNN’s “American Morning” showed Edwards hyping global warming, promoting his energy plan that mandates carbon caps and claiming that his new mega-McMansion was actually being operated in a “carbon-neutral way.” He has recently declared his campaign “carbon neutral.”
Edwards also avoided how he holds himself to one standard but wants to hold businesses to another. As anchor Miles O’Brien put it: “One of the keys to your plan is the so-called cap plan which would institute, as it suggests, caps on the amount of carbon dioxide industry can put into the environment.”
But when it comes to Edwards’ own life, he doesn’t cap his carbon efforts, preferring instead carbon offsets. “We have committed to operate this house in a carbon-neutral way, which means in addition to using energy saving devices in the house itself, to the extent that doesn’t cover it, we’re going to purchase carbon credits on the market,” said Edwards.
I’m sorry, but if you are in any way influenced in a positive way by a rich person who proclaims their environmental greatness by purchasing carbon offsets then you are an idiot. Think of it this way; if you’re on a diet and you decide to eat a big piece of chocolate cake after dinner does it really matter if you wash it down with a Diet Coke to “offset” the calories and fat? Furthermore, how much would it help you to pay someone else to drink the Diet Coke?
What John Edwards and his ilk want to do is to impose restrictions on US while they go about the pampered lifestyle they currently enjoy.
Great common sense post. Edwards and the rest don’t want to live by their own rules and as always have given themselves loopholes.