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Carbon Upset

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“Oh, noooooooo….”

There’s an old Russian joke…

The Russian Premier and his KGB director are watching the May Day parade in the Soviet Union. First, the tanks rolled by; next, the troops marched past; behind them the planes and the missiles were towed past the viewing stand. And, finally, there came ten people dressed in black.

“Are they spies?” asked the Russian Premier.

“They’re economists,” replied the KGB director. “Imagine the havoc they’ll wreak when we set them loose on America.”

Bharrat Jagdeo is a Russian-trained economist, the President of Guyana and the world’s hardest Wheel of Fortune answer… ever.

Jagdeo recently spoke to an agro-energy forum and pointed out what might be considered as… oh,… just a teeny bit of a glitch in the whole Kyoto Protocol carbon offset scheme.

The President noted that, for countries such as his which are home to some of the most lush and pristine rain forests on the planet, “…if you cut down trees and you plant them back you get money, if you preserve them, you don’t get anything.”

Oops.

That sound you hear is a U.N. bureaucrat banging his head against the wall as he mutters, “We should have seen that coming….”

Just one more reason for sneaking off in the opposite direction when everyone else is hell-bent on drinking the Kool-Aid.

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Posted in General on July 13th, 2007

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3 Responses to “ Carbon Upset ”

  1. Susie Says:
    July 13th, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    Holy Crap. I think this is one of your best posts yet.. keep it coming. :) and yes.. don’t drink the Kool-Aid

  2. Greenearth Says:
    July 14th, 2007 at 3:11 am

    Great post

  3. Ann Says:
    July 14th, 2007 at 4:34 am

    I enjoyed reading this. :)

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