The states know carbon offsets are crap

In more rollicking DNC fun, the organizers are upset because only three states have agreed thus far to pony up the green to make their delegates' trips green - they're refusing to shell out the cash for carbon offset credits to cover the emissions caused by coming to Denver.

The DNC's director of greening, Andrea Robinson, estimates that each delegate's trip to Denver will generate roughly 1 ton of carbon. About 5,000 delegates will attend.

Uh, what's a Director of Greening? Oh, looks like her main qualification is being able to make numbers look good - she was in charge of making Live Earth look like it was carbon neutral. There's something very nose-in-the-air about creating lots of waste and then pretending that throwing money at it excuses it. Oh, I forgot to mention her other qualification: she's an actress. That cinches it for me.

Hey, I compost, does that mean I qualify for some of that crazy carbon offset money? A little hint to our new Overlord of Greening: just because balloons are compostable (and apparently these aren't) doesn't mean they'll actually end up being composted. Although since you're planning on digging through the trash at each and every event, you can at least pretend that the balloons will compost.

This is almost as good as when a Democrat gets caught for tax evasion.

Update: It just occurred to me, since Andrea Robinson is so closely linked to Al Gore, and Al Gore's deep pockets seem to be where some of the crazy carbon offset cash is disappearing to, is there any chance she's getting some sort of reward for her troubles?