North Carolina: Global warming arguments presented are one-sided

I think the debate on the whole manmade climate change issue would interest readers if both sides were fully explored, and it would serve to educate the public on something that has impacts on their quality of life. The article on a restaurant's purchase of carbon offsets ["Now serving: burgers, beer and carbon offsets," Feb. 18] put me over the top on this foolishness. I challenge you to broaden your reporting horizons on the climate change issue and get the full spectrum of discussion going with all sides reported.

Kenneth Yowell

Now serving: burgers, beer, carbon offsets

Richard "Gus" Gusler, a rock music promoter, Democratic Party activist and self-described liberal idealist, had an ideological quandary on his hands.

His restaurant, the Players' Retreat Tavern in Raleigh, is an energy hog that contributes to one of Gusler's pet bugaboos: global warming.

The tavern's deep fryers, walk-in coolers and charcoal grill pump out as much carbon dioxide as 200 Ford Taurus cars every year. Carbon dioxide is the leading greenhouse gas believed to contribute to global warming, and reducing one's "carbon footprint" has become synonymous with reversing global climate change.
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For about $200 a month, Gusler buys "carbon offsets" that subsidize a clean energy project near Chicago, a municipal landfill that traps seeping methane and reroutes the gas to generate clean electricity. Specifically, Gusler's share offsets the equivalent of 196.5 tons of carbon dioxide a year in Illinois. That happens to be the amount his restaurant generates in Raleigh from cooking, cooling and food deliveries.

"I don't know how anyone can sit here and not be concerned about global warming," Gusler said. "You watch Al Gore's movie, and it scares the hell out of you when you see what can possibly happen."

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