You can purchase the right to let your cat fart... guilt free...

You think I'm joking? With global warming along comes many solutions to try to make a difference and help people who feel helpless get a sense that they are making a difference...

High poluting corporations that want to reduce emmissions need money to do it and middle men companies are coming along to connect these two groups of people.

For the most part it's not manditory - yet. I thought of the idea that eventually you will have to buy travel points and trash points and garbage points in order to have the right to buy tickets or get your garbage picked up and recycled....

But reality is always stranger than fiction... and yes, there is a company who is selling points for just what I titled this entry.

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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=columnist_mukherjee&sid=a6JuMPizIG6o


China, India Smile as West Overpays for Climate: Andy Mukherjee
By Andy Mukherjee
Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Governments in rich nations are spending billions of dollars to buy a clearer conscience over climate change. Are they getting their money's worth?
Enlightened individuals, those who stay awake at nights wondering what they can do to prevent the polar caps from melting, at least have a growing menu of choices.
Sydney-based Easy Being Green says it will mitigate your cat's flatulent contribution to global warming for A$8 ($6). The same company could also make your granny ``carbon-neutral'' at A$10 a year, according to a report in the Australian newspaper last weekend. ......

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