Posted by
On the Right on Monday, March 31, 2008 10:24:48 PM
As environmental alarmists entertain themselves by turning off lights, their efforts sometimes lead to unintended consequences. A new study, for example, shows they may be warming the earth by saving trees.
Never mind that it involved flying rock
stars around the planet in emission-spewing private jets to plug their
electric guitars into Godzilla-size amplifiers. Everything was fine, we
were told, because everyone was buying "carbon offsets," a scam that
lets warming hypocrites continue their energy gluttony because they're
paying somebody somewhere to plant a tree.
Trouble is, according to Thomas
Bonnicksen, professor emeritus of forest science at Texas A&M
University, forests left in "pristine" condition have too many trees
and too many dead ones, both of which provide fuel for the devastating
forest fires that ravaged California last year.