C.R.O.C. Website Exposing Offsets for the Joke They Are

A hilarious website that exposes the idiocy of offsets went live today.  It is aptly called thecroc.org, with C.R.O.C. standing for Carbon Regulatory Offset Committee.

Carl Cordova, chief press liason of C.R.O.C. gives a great description of offsets,

"If you do something good for the environment, that allows you to do something bad to the environment, thereby negating the positive effects of the good thing you just did."

And according to C.R.O.C.'s mascot, Carbie the Offsetasaurus,

"When polluters wanna get off the hook, there's a special place that they know to look, carbon offset points help them keep polluting!"

Hats off to Greenpeace USA for making an incredibly dry and technical subject accessible to the general public. Be prepared to laugh your head off!