Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Can you really save the world by paying $25 for a bogus "carbon offset"?

Here.

Excerpt:
LiveNeutral, a smaller, San Francisco-based firm built under the Presidio School of Management, has not yet filed any tax documents. But, based on Chicago Climate Exchange price data, it charged Battin $45 for offsets that cost $13.50.

Jenna Carl, executive director of LiveNeutral said the firm runs lean and could not constantly adjust its pricing based on fluctuations in the Chicago exchange.

"I get less markup when I buy gas from Exxon," the Senator cracked.

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