The road to Hell is paved with carbon credits .. [updateded]

UPDATED UPDATE: Fascinating!

UPDATE: Hmmmmmmm ... Curiouser.

HOLLYWOOD'S wealthy liberals can now avoid any guilt they might feel for consuming so much non-renewable fossil fuel in their private jets, their SUVs, and their multiple air-conditioned mansions. This year's Oscar goodie bag contained gift certificates representing 100,000 pounds of greenhouse gas reductions from TerraPass, which describes itself as a "carbon offset retailer." The 100,000 pounds "are enough to balance out an average year in the life of an Academy Award presenter," a press release from TerraPass asserts. .... [read the rest]

I was wondering at the arrogance of it all and just who was being bought off, but it looks like they're getting it ... fer free!

Via Kate and Libertas