What are these people thinking?

Monte Carlo Yacht Show to be Carbon Neutral!

That's absurd. Kind of like the LA Auto Show naming the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid SUV its Green Car of the Year.

To attain carbon neutral status last year, the (yacht show) organisers sponsored various projects in Europe and further afield to offset carbon emissions generated by the show.

The show paid for wind turbines In New Zealand, generating enough electricity for 45,000 homes and in Brittany France paid for a heath to be planted with chesnut and oak trees to protect water catchments and provide a recreational area, while in the USA paid for a methane capture system, reducing the amounts being emitted by some 95 per cent.

OK, that's all well and good. But what about offsetting the carbon footprint of all the private jet travel into Monaco for the show? Or what about offsetting the carbon footprint of the yachts themselves — from cradle to grave?

It's much too easy to buy offsets and claim carbon neutrality. Where's the conservation/education we're going to need to turn this ship around?

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