The Catholic church sold indulgences. Money paid for a piece of paper that says your sins are forgiven and no punishment from G_d will happen in this life.
The church also granted indulgences for your whole life if you would participate in one of the CRUSADES. You could go on the crusade, rape, kill, torture, pillage to your hearts content and no sin imputed to your account. The proverbial free lunch ticket.
Carbon credits is the equivalent of this. Pay a bunch of money (who knows where the money goes) and you can boast all day how "green" you are. Without changing a thing. The pope is all for this kind of greening. He must get some benefit from this modern indulgence too.
The Catholic church sold indulgences. Money paid for a piece of paper that says your sins are forgiven and no punishment from G_d will happen in this life.
The church also granted indulgences for your whole life if you would participate in one of the CRUSADES. You could go on the crusade, rape, kill, torture, pillage to your hearts content and no sin imputed to your account. The proverbial free lunch ticket.
Carbon credits is the equivalent of this. Pay a bunch of money (who knows where the money goes) and you can boast all day how "green" you are. Without changing a thing. The pope is all for this kind of greening. He must get some benefit from this modern indulgence too.