Why Not Make it Ricochet 365 Days a Year Instead
For the price of a Starbucks grande latte each month you can join the sprightly conversation here on Ricochet. You already know that. Well, my local utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, has another coffee-sized proposition for your hard-earned money:
Go carbon neutral for about the cost of a cup of coffee.
When you join the ClimateSmart program, a tax-deductible donation will be added to your PG&E bill based on your home's energy use that month. For less than $5 a month, your contributions to the program will help reduce GHG emissions through environmental conservation, restoration and protection projects right here in California. Sign up today.
Whence the seemingly incongruous alignment between eco-socialists and an investor-owned utility? As I've written before, it's all about money: PG&E is allowed to keep only a fixed amount of revenue each year. So even though it sells electricity at sky-high prices, Pacific Gas and Electric can't afford to sell you gas or electricity: the politically mandated way to maximize profit is to sell less product.
And check out this typical project funded by your latte-a-month:
City of Arcata: Arcata Community Forest
75,000 metric tons to be delivered starting in late 2011
By reducing harvesting in the 460 acres of redwood and Douglas fir forests comprised of the Jacoby Creek and Sunny Brae tracts, the City of Arcata will allow them to grow larger and capture more greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Wow! You mean I can make a tax-deductible, save-the-planet contribution to a municipality, which will then kill jobs and drive up the price of lumber? A twofer. Count me in.
On second thought, I think I'll just pony up for another Ricochet membership instead.
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Jun '10
Re: Why Not Make it Ricochet 365 Days a Year Instead
I don’t know about you but I’ve been practicing holding my breath and timing myself. I’ve gotten up to about three and a half minutes but then I sorta fainted and banged my skull into my desk. Pretty sure I won’t need stitches. I think I can get up to five minutes pretty soon.
I’ve decided it’s best not to try this in a standing position especially near the top of the stairs. After I hit five minutes, I’ll publish the technique. Then at the next General Assembly of the United Nations a statement should be read by Al Gore instructing that people of the Earth should be encouraged to hold their breath for five minutes every hour.
I think if we can all do that we can get a handle on this global warming thing and at the same time reduce our personal carbon tax liability.
Oh, yes...and those not willing to participate should be shot.