Sillier and sillier
OSLO (Reuters) – Arctic peoples and tropical islanders will try to strengthen an unusual alliance on the front lines of global warming from Sunday by seeking ways to cope with melting ice and rising seas.
Inuit hunters from Canada and Greenland and a Sami reindeer herder from Norway will be among those meeting local community leaders and other experts from French Polynesia, Fiji and the Caribbean at talks in Belize from May 27-30.
Polar ice and permafrost sound an odd combination with tropical palm beaches and coral atolls but scientists say both the Arctic and small islands are among the most vulnerable to global warming, widely blamed on human use of fossil fuels.
Super! Getting beyond "it’s all Man’s fault" silliness, I have to wonder: how did the Inuit hunters, a Sami reindeer herder, and all the others get to Belize? I suppose those from the Caribbean could row some boats, rather then using those powered by motors, which, if memory serves, use gas! Of course, you know that didn’t happen. Most, if not all, flew to Belize, and I would lay even money that they took an automobile from the airport to the hotel. Planes are not exactly carbon neutral, eh? How many trees and bushes can they plan on the pack ice?
Of course, back during the Global Climate Optimum, in many of the cold areas, such as Iceland, the people were actually able to farm. Sounds like a better situation for life, doesn’t it?
Just for reference, the Sami people come from the way north parts of Europe, such as Finland, Sweden, and Norway. Long way to go to get to Belize, eh?
The talks would try to work out a five-year plan of work and examine possibilities for a broader study of threats to small islands modeled on a 2004 study of the Arctic by 250 experts.
As typical, this conference will be long on talk, but short on actual action.
Here’s an idea: if you believe that Man is causing global warming through greenhouse gases, primarily CO2, then stop flying!
Perhaps Nancy Pelosi could take the same advice. I wonder how many trees has she paid to be planted?
ALBANY, N.Y. – If you plant some trees, is it OK to drive an Escalade? The question isn’t as silly as it sounds. People worried about global warming increasingly are trying to "offset" the carbon dioxide — the leading greenhouse gas — they spew into the atmosphere when they drive, fly or flick on a light. One idea popular with the eco-conscious is to have trees planted for them. You get to keep driving and flying, but those trees are supposed to suck in your trail of carbon.
Whole forests have been funded by tree-loving celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Coldplay, and more modest packages tailored to typical consumers are proliferating.
But some researchers say planting trees — while a good thing — is at best a marginal solution to global warming. Still others decry tree planters who continue to jet off to Cannes, drive their SUVs or generally fail to reduce their fuel-hungry lifestyle. To those critics, plantings and other carbon offsets are like the medieval practice of selling indulgences to wash away sins: It may feel good, but it doesn’t solve much.
I think the idea is to plant so many trees that there will be no roads to drive our SUVs on. 
Seriously, the rest of the article is worth a read. There are things we can do to be more environmentally responsible, once you get past the silly global warming as caused by Man foolishness. The most interesting part of people getting involved in pyramid scheme of carbon offsets is that they may clean a little of the CO2 out of the atmosphere, but they are still putting all sorts of other real pollutants into the air we breath!
