Comments on: Pollution: Practicing What You Preach http://caldems.com/blog/2007/03/08/pollution-practicing-what-you-preach/ blog of the Cal Berkeley Democrats Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: N.Raider http://caldems.com/blog/2007/03/08/pollution-practicing-what-you-preach/#comment-14 N.Raider Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:47:02 +0000 http://caldems.com/blog/2007/03/08/pollution-practicing-what-you-preach/#comment-14 I never really believed that paying to offset your carbon footprints really does anything. It's just throwing money at the problem. As far as global warming and Al Gore, I don't think it is hypocritical. You honestly cannot expect everyone to change their lifestyles to accommodate global warming (because very few people will). That is why I think that the only way to stop global warming is for the government to pass laws that <i>require</i> people to change their lifestyles. A good example is AB 32, which the state legislature and the governor signed into law in August 2006. While this bill in itself will not be nearly enough to reverse the effects of global warming, it is a step in the right direction. I'm actually surprised at how many pro-environmental laws the Governor has signed. I never really believed that paying to offset your carbon footprints really does anything. It’s just throwing money at the problem.

As far as global warming and Al Gore, I don’t think it is hypocritical. You honestly cannot expect everyone to change their lifestyles to accommodate global warming (because very few people will). That is why I think that the only way to stop global warming is for the government to pass laws that require people to change their lifestyles.

A good example is AB 32, which the state legislature and the governor signed into law in August 2006. While this bill in itself will not be nearly enough to reverse the effects of global warming, it is a step in the right direction.

I’m actually surprised at how many pro-environmental laws the Governor has signed.

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