> On 27 Jul, 13:56, John Wright pegasus.f2s.com> wrote:

>> Doug wrote:

>>> On 26 Jul, 23:09, John Wright pegasus.f2s.com> wrote:

>>>> Doug wrote:

>>>>> I object to the greenwash term 'carbon neutral'. Almost nothing
>>>>> we use/ do is carbon neutral.

>>>> Nothing anyone would do would qualify as carbon neutral in your
>>>> terms. Everything anyone has done has greenwash in it somewhere in
>>>> your terms.

>>

>>> Humans release carbon from the earth into the atmosphere and appear
>>> to do little or nothing to put it back again. Using greenwash it is
>>> assumed that the planet will somehow sequester it by means of
>>> naturally occurring processes, or by another profitable form of
>>> greenwash called 'carbon trading', which is only carbon reduction,
>>> not neutral.

>>

>>> Only if the carbon released is permanently put back again by humans
>>> can it be properly described as 'carbon neutral'.

>>
>> I repeat "Nothing anyone would do would qualify as carbon neutral in
>> your terms. Everything anyone has done has greenwash in it somewhere
>> in your terms." Think about that. I did not talk about carbon
>> trading or anything else. Its your total inability to congratulate
>> people on their best efforts, however small - the first quality of a
>> good teacher - I was pointing out.
>>

> Why should I congratulate people who use greenwash to try to justify
> their ongoing consumption and pollution? They should only be
> congratulated if they manage to significantly reduce their pollution
> by lowering their energy consumption and adjusting their lifestyles.