Rebecca Young of Mountain View, Calif., recently opened her mail to find a gift from an old friend in New York City.
“Carbon reduction certificate,” it read. It is good for three tons of carbon emissions that will be “retired” in her name so that no power plant will ever release them into the atmosphere.
To some people, the certificate may be as welcome as a lump of coal. But Ms. Young, a marketing manager for the environmental Web site Care2.com, was delighted.
“I don’t need stuff,” said Ms. Young, 37, the mother of 3-year-old twins. “And as someone who cares about the environment, I thought it was a very kind gesture. It obviously showed that he knew me.”
Here is the happy family putting their carbon credits in a nice frame. Given that they live in a sizable house in Mountain View - a bedroom community halfway between San Francisco and San Jose - I expect the Youngs need a lot more than 3 tons worth of carbon credits to off-set their suburban lifestyle. Come up to the City and reduce your carbon footprint with the rest of us, you wimps!
I predict those kids will be rampaging College Republicans in 20 years.
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