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<blockquote data-quote="ski" data-source="post: 7953223" data-attributes="member: 2207"><p>There is no overwhelming body of scientific data that supports anthropogenic global warming only a overwhelming body of misused statistics to bolster propaganda that has created a cult like following where belief is an act of faith. There are many world leading physicists and other academics who repeatedly say the science is simply not there. This does not mean that they support the squandering of resources or the status quo. They just want to stick to the facts that they have at their disposal. The carbon offsetting is one of the most egregious examples of nonsense, its a licence to carry on doing what you are already doing. If you think that less flying will make a big difference then stop flying, the thought process that 'flying is bad, but I like flying to places, so ill support planting trees to offset my carbon' is so illogical that only people who think they are intelligent could support it. Do not fly and plant a few trees. And while we all hurrah this nonsense we will ignore the fact that a globalised supply chain leads to significant wastefulness and requires all sorts of accreditation schemes as local relationships that foster trust based on visibility as you know your customer and they know you are seen as outdated. Your local butcher buying from your local farmer does not need red tractor as he knows who he wants to buy from. The same would be true of local millers and farmers. This however is not seen as 'efficient' in the modern world, efficiency is parts made on four continents assembled in a fifth. This is the the lowest unit cost of production efficiency not resilience efficiency and recent history would suggest a balance perhaps between the two? Carbon offsetting will probably work out as well as subsidising renewable energy schemes, and look, hey presto, you get Drax being paid to bring wood chip in from virgin forests in the USA paid for by the taxpayer.</p><p></p><p>What could possibly go wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ski, post: 7953223, member: 2207"] There is no overwhelming body of scientific data that supports anthropogenic global warming only a overwhelming body of misused statistics to bolster propaganda that has created a cult like following where belief is an act of faith. There are many world leading physicists and other academics who repeatedly say the science is simply not there. This does not mean that they support the squandering of resources or the status quo. They just want to stick to the facts that they have at their disposal. The carbon offsetting is one of the most egregious examples of nonsense, its a licence to carry on doing what you are already doing. If you think that less flying will make a big difference then stop flying, the thought process that 'flying is bad, but I like flying to places, so ill support planting trees to offset my carbon' is so illogical that only people who think they are intelligent could support it. Do not fly and plant a few trees. And while we all hurrah this nonsense we will ignore the fact that a globalised supply chain leads to significant wastefulness and requires all sorts of accreditation schemes as local relationships that foster trust based on visibility as you know your customer and they know you are seen as outdated. Your local butcher buying from your local farmer does not need red tractor as he knows who he wants to buy from. The same would be true of local millers and farmers. This however is not seen as 'efficient' in the modern world, efficiency is parts made on four continents assembled in a fifth. This is the the lowest unit cost of production efficiency not resilience efficiency and recent history would suggest a balance perhaps between the two? Carbon offsetting will probably work out as well as subsidising renewable energy schemes, and look, hey presto, you get Drax being paid to bring wood chip in from virgin forests in the USA paid for by the taxpayer. What could possibly go wrong. [/QUOTE]
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