RE: Help911!Kim, regarding the txt message you sent me from the JetBlue departure lounge at JFK.
I don't know whether JB has a carbon offset program or not. Google txt it or use the free WiFi to look it up. What I do know is that when even Tyler Brule starts to worry about the effect his air miles are having on the Greenland Glaciers its becoming a celebrity cause and not a cause celebre. That nfo's not on perezhilton, try globalgreen.com, they're the sustainable transportation managers to the Stars and I don't know if Edward Norton uses them or not. I think he's involved somehow in a supporting role. No, Kim, extinction for the human race is not imminent, we're like cockroaches, very hard to get us all. Don't believe everything Wolf Blitzer says. And yes offsetting your 'CO2 Footprint' by planting trees might help some too but then so would replacing that Escalade of yours. $50 to offset your flight? Thats half your ticket price. No I don't know about 'Thinkgreenoffsets.com'. What I do know is that while there may be some semi respectable offsetters out there, this is also the land of the Snake Oil Salesman so there are plenty of companies that will pocket your buck and do nothing with it. A couple of programs like etree and terrapass that can be actually trusted to put something in the ground for your money. IMNHO you're better off doing it yourself in your yard. The science coming in seems to indicate that the large scale planting of extra tropical trees for supposed carbon offset purposes might actually do more harm than good. It could speed up warming in the Northern Hemisphere where you and I both live. One or two trees in the yard can't hurt. You don't have a yard? Try a green roof. Urban heat island reduction. Co-op Board would never allow it...okay well how about buying a hectare or two of teak trees in Costa Rica or something. It would be like your own mini tree farm, you could even use it as an excuse to go visit the trees while they are growing up and you can count 'em and make sure they are there. As they say in that business auditing and verification are everything! Costa Rica is a pretty place too, stable government, nice beaches. A hectare? Thats like a big European acre, talk to you when you get back Kim, no worries. Lol. ;-)