Carbon-bon

Let me preface this post by saying that when I watched the new movie, Avatar, I rooted for the Na'vi (the blue jungle-dwelling people).  I'm an animal and nature lover.  One of my own family members died of asthma related complications.  So I want you to know that I do care about the environment, clean air, etc.  The earth's resources should be used appropriately, not simply squandered beyond necessity to get at whatever goodies might lie beneath its surface. 

But it seems to me that this carbon footprint / climate change stuff is a money-making scheme created to pull at your heartstrings while doing nothing to actually better the environment.  This is what happens when an ideology becomes an idiocracy.  Pay special attention to the next to last paragraph in this article where the lady says she was just "trying to be good..."  What a sad religion is Gorism.  The Earth was doing a fine job of coping with temperature before Al Gore came along.  The only inconvenient truth here is that Al Gore and others like him have been able to make a mighty fine living off of ignorant people.