Congress having difficulty evaluating its carbon footprint
It was a bold move by Rep Pelosi to drastically cut the carbon output by Congress, but it may have been to bold. Congress has scrapped the idea to have a neutral output of carbon last month claiming it is too difficult to know just how much carbon Congress is producing. Also, they are unclear whether or not the offsets they purchased are sufficient. If Congress can't figure it out for themselves, how can the legislative body determine how much carbon its constituency can/cannot produce?
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It is easy to point out the irony in Congress being unable to monitor something they intend on legislating. My problem is that despite the fact that carbon footprint output is undoubtedly difficult to determine, the point of these initiatives is to become more energy efficient and become less reliant on our enemies to supply our energy. We should stop trying to define the proper way to monitor carbon emissions and whether or not global warming is caused by humans and attempt to solve a problem: our growing energy crisis. What a concept.
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