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People should not fear their governments; governments should fear their people.

Tag: environmentalism

  • Questionable marketing decision

    Lyft Announces It Will Make All Rides Carbon Neutral. Lyft announced it will spend millions of dollars to make all its rides carbon neutral.

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    The San Francisco-based ride-hailing company announced Thursday that it will pay for a range of environmentally beneficial projects to compensate for the emissions from the millions of car journeys it provides every week. The tactic, known as carbon offsets, is a way for Lyft to do something about climate change without changing its business model. [Slashdot]

    So Lyft is gambling that there are more prospective customers among religious fanatics who actually care that the company they get a ride from is buying indulgences than there are among sane people who don’t want to pay extra for a ride to pay for someone else’s religious beliefs. I’ll bet this makes Uber executives very happy.

  • The consequences of environmentalism

    Your new green life. To sum up, you’re back in your postage-stamp home after work. Your clothes are sweaty from riding your bike. You can’t wash them because you don’t have a washing machine. You can’t buy new ones, because that is an environmental no-no. Since you can’t cook a hot meal, you’re stuck with a bowl of raw veggies for dinner. You’re off-line for good.

    Some life, huh? [Chattanooga Times Free Press]

    An old article on what life would be like if the ecofreaks got their way.

  • Freeman Dyson and ecofreaks

    The Civil Heretic [The New York Times]

    A lengthy and well-written article on Freeman Dyson and his disbelief in the “global warming” religion.