I reckon you've made your point John. Anyone got any birds to talk about?
On 16 November 2011 18:12, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> I must confess to being very sceptical about all these carbon offsets -
> seems they are basically promising (for some unknown period) not to cut
> down a tree which otherwise they may or may not have cut down? How many
> times does the same tree get not cut down?
>
> And of course as others have stated - the marginal impact of one extra
> passenger on a flight is very small - would be interesting to see how they
> calculate the impact per person and what load factor they assume
>
> I must add that I am NOT a climate change sceptic - just do not believe in
> many of the "solutions"
>
> On 16 November 2011 13:28, Geoff Price <>
> wrote:
>
> > One thing is for sure, I won't be paying any useless Qantas carbon
> neutral
> > nonsense now we have the carbon tax. Not that I would anyway - I
> certainly
> > would not trust Qantas and its overpaid CEO to ensure that money paid as
> a
> > "carbon offset" actually goes anywhere but straight into the bottomless
> > pockets of Qantas stakeholders.
> >
> >
> > On 16/11/2011 11:39 AM, John Harris wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All,
> >> Further to the thread I started, here is the relevant info from the
> >> Qantas Website about Flying Carbon Neutral. Cheaper than the Carbon
> Tax!!!
> >> Offset your flight to reduce your climate change impact. Our program
> only
> >> chooses independently accredited carbon credits and is verified under
> the
> >> Australian Government's National Carbon Offset Standard – Carbon
> Neutral™
> >> initiative.
> >> Do you want to offset your share of flight emissions for this trip
> (1,058
> >> kilograms CO2-e)?
> >> Yes, offset flights - $9.76 AUD ($4.88 x 2 passengers)
> >> No thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yours in all things "green"
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> John Harris
> >> Manager, Environment and Sustainability
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