Another far-left greenie group speaks up
That hotbed of liberal activism, that effete bastion of tea-sipping, tree-hugging, sandal-wearing, New York Times-reading left-wingers, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (known to the knowing as NASCAR), has joined the fight against global warming.
According to NASCAR’s website:
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing announced “NASCAR Green Clean Air” — a program to help capture the carbon emissions produced by racing. Under a pilot program that will expand significantly next year, NASCAR will plant 10 new trees for each green flag that drops during Cup Series events.
The tracks participating in the tree-planting program — 11 this year and every venue visited by the Cup Series in 2010 — will mitigate 100 percent of the carbon emissions produced by the race cars competing in their Cup Series events.
“This is a first, important step in an ambitious five-year plan to significantly reduce the environmental footprint of NASCAR, while raising awareness of conservation among fans,” NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France said. “Our goal is to be an environmental leader not only in sports but in all industry.”
Over time, rolled out across all three national series, NASCAR and its partners will be planting approximately 20 acres of new trees each year. Michigan International Speedway, which is at the forefront of green initiatives, is matching the carbon-capturing planting effort at its track. A tree stores approximately one ton of CO2 over its lifetime, which means that the entire CO2 emissions from a typical race will be offset during this time.”
Personally, I blame Obama.
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DB, Gwinnettian
June 30th, 2009
1:33 pm
Who among us does not enjoy NASCAR?
AmVet
June 30th, 2009
1:39 pm
I am duly impressed. Whether it’s a marketing ploy or sincere, i don’t care.
And though a tad symbolic in nature (get it?) it still is another major American organization that is no longer counted among the knuckle-draggers.
Good job car jockeys!
RealityKing
June 30th, 2009
1:41 pm
10 trees per green flag!? What a joke! Almost as big a joke as Nancy saving the planet by making Americans spend 52,500,000,000 per year making green energy competative with fossil fuels..
WhoCares
June 30th, 2009
1:42 pm
Seems to me folks have been planting trees longer than we’ve had Global Warming. If NASCAR wants to plant trees, let’em. However I doubt most of their fan base really cares about the Carbon footprint and I can about guarantee you that Obama ain’t got nothing to do with it.
WhoCares
June 30th, 2009
1:44 pm
Speaking of far lrft weenie groups. Did y’all see that show on TV about them exploding whales? Holy crap!
RealityKing
June 30th, 2009
1:47 pm
I hand planted 9,989 pine trees on 10 acres in the earily 90’s.., which means 998 green flags for me. Where’s my check Nancy!?? Al!!??
WhoCares
June 30th, 2009
1:51 pm
Reality King
And how many of them trees were ruthlessly culled out to make room for the others to grow bigger faster so they to could be cut down in the prime of life to make paper for worthless rags like the ajc. you…you…baby tree killer.
Pennsylvanian
June 30th, 2009
1:55 pm
Would love to comment, but it is the end of the month, and I am about at my carbon cap for blogging. I gotta go to the Cap ‘n Trade website and see if I can swap a 100 miles in my F150 SuperCrew 4×4 for a megabyte to blog.
RB from Gwinnett
June 30th, 2009
2:00 pm
Jay, did you know there are more trees growing in the US today than there were in 1900?
My guess is NASCAR is trying to get ahead of the whining about their CO2 emissions by doing something proactive and taking the opportunity to establish the baseline data for which they are judged. However, I’m sure the 10 trees won’t even cover the CO2 emitted by the grills in the parking lot cooking up all measures of delicious food for fans who don’t give a crap about all the global warming hysteria. Won’t cover the fans driving to the track in their motor homes, the drivers private planes, or anything else, but it did get Jay to publish a nice softball story for them without thinking about any of this stuff. Kinda short of investigative thought on Jay’s part actually…. Par for the course.
How many trees is Pelosi planting this year to cover her private plane? How about AlGore?
Paul
June 30th, 2009
2:02 pm
Hmm. Wonder if there’s a tax credit in all this…..
But trees are good. Just planted a couple, myself.
I guess this means Democrats from Washington won’t have to get vaccinated next time they go to NASCAR tracks, eh?
Report/Whine
They also announced they have a portable sound system they can put on each car that goes ‘vrrrooom, vrrroooom’ when they switch to hybrid racecars. Just thought you’d want to know -
Paul
June 30th, 2009
2:04 pm
RB from Gwinnett
Why do you think Gore likes the idea of being able to buy carbon credits?
And, if he does it though his fund, he even gets to make money off it!
Who says Dems don’t make good capitalists?
RB from Gwinnett
June 30th, 2009
2:04 pm
Hey, under cap and tax, is the AJC responsible for the loss of CO2 eating trees or is the paper company who makes the paper? What do you suppose that will do to the cost of paper since those companies have no real ability to offset their use of trees? Imagine what the AJC’s readership is going to look like when it’s news stand price goes to $2.00. Talk about “out-o-business” in a NY minute….
ByteMe
June 30th, 2009
2:08 pm
RB, did you know that there are far fewer trees growing in the Amazon rain forest than there were in 1900?
Just sayin’.
Mrs. Godzilla
June 30th, 2009
2:10 pm
Congrats AL FRANKEN!
Wahoo!!!!
RB from Gwinnett
June 30th, 2009
2:11 pm
Byte, I’ll keep that in mind if I ever plan to buy a rain forest in the Amazon. Until then, that’s not my problem and I’d prefer not to be charged for it.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 30th, 2009
2:11 pm
If they don’t buy off the goony environmental terrorists, then they will get suicide bombed.
Smart move by the rednecks, as usual.
Jake
June 30th, 2009
2:14 pm
Cap and trade is just a trillion dollar tax scam. The environment will be just fine and the economy would actually be better off if we just encouraged relocating from Texas, Florida, and Arizona to South Dakota and Montana.
josef nix
June 30th, 2009
2:14 pm
“Plant a tree, a bush or a shrub..” Lady Bird Johnson in her efforts to “beautify America.”
I’m more concerned about what’s being ripped up by its 100 year old roots and the Bradford Pears going in to “replace” them. What is happening here in Buckhead is a crying shame.
josef nix
June 30th, 2009
2:16 pm
“Congrats AL FRANKEN!”
At long last, a professional commedian in the halls of power! Progress, ain’t it grand.
josef nix
June 30th, 2009
2:18 pm
Anybody seriously committed to rational “going green” ought to check out Costa Rica. We could all learn a lot from them.
I Report :-) You Whine :-(
June 30th, 2009
2:19 pm
FOX NEWS RECORDS UNPRECEDENTED TOP 10 OUT OF 10 PROGRAMS IN CABLE NEWS FOR 2ND QUARTER… ON PACE TO BE NETWORK’S BEST YEAR EVER…
And with that more people learn the truth.
Wich is bad for obozo, hahahahahaha
RB from Gwinnett
June 30th, 2009
2:21 pm
Josef, does a 100 year old tree eat up more CO2 than a 5 year old bradford pear? Maybe the global warming police can tell NASCAR what kind of trees they have to plant to get maximum benefit from each planting. I suspect that’s where we’re headed.
Does NASCAR have to cover the CO2 emitted making all the ice in those coolers everybody takes to the track? They should at least be able to recover some massive credits for aluminum can and glass bottle recycling!!!
AmVet
June 30th, 2009
2:23 pm
I honestly believe were he alive today Theodore Roosevelt would vomit if he saw the people who now call themselves Republicans…
Paul
June 30th, 2009
2:27 pm
AmVet
He rolled over in his grave, instead.
RB from Gwinnett
We just had 70-80 mph winds blow through. Nearly every tree that split, toppled or lost branches was a bradford pear.
Pennsylvanian
June 30th, 2009
2:28 pm
Back with a fresh supply of carbon offset for blogging. Cost me two round trips to midtown. Life is hard..
What do you think Teddy would do if he heard Dems were debating a tax on cow flatulence?
Paul
June 30th, 2009
2:28 pm
Report/Whine
In the spirit of the same type of questions Pres Obama got until about a week ago…
so… how are MSNBC’s and CNN’s numbers doing?
DB, Gwinnettian
June 30th, 2009
2:28 pm
J-nix and Mrs. G: Let’s not pour any bubbly until Senator Al’s actually seated, shall we?
Oh, and to keep Whiner’s crowing @ 2.19 in perspective: Let’s just say that “top cable news” is kinda like being the Tallest Dwarf. Put another way: Spongebob Squarepants regularly kicks Bill O’Reilly’s butt.
TW
June 30th, 2009
2:29 pm
How bad did ‘w’ behead the GOP?
So bad that Al Franken, a comedian, ran as a Dem and WON a Senate seat.
Welcome, Al!
See ya, Norm….bwaaaaaaaaaaa
Dave R.
June 30th, 2009
2:30 pm
Nancy Pelosi issues more CO2 during each press conference she has than NASCAR does all year.
Seek and ye shall Find
June 30th, 2009
2:32 pm
I remember sitting in the infield watching the tires go round and round, in my younger days, without the modern conveniences — conveniences that are considered the bare essentials of today’s viewing audience — such as lounge chairs, umbrellas, grills and portable refrigerators. A shade tree or two might have made a nice addition in the infield, out there in the hot sun, to help keep the beer cooler a while longer as well as boost the performance of the standard SPF -50 sunburn lotion of the day.
Paul
June 30th, 2009
2:33 pm
TW
You been gone a while? Miss all the posts here stating Franken is most assuredly NOT a comedian? That he’s a really serious guy. Does political stuff and charity work and other noncomedy stuff. But don’t call him a comedian. Some here in these parts get peeved.
Personally, I never saw anything funny about him enriching himself while other Air America employees were losing their jobs and getting paid in advance while other people were getting stiffed, but that’s just me.
pat
June 30th, 2009
2:35 pm
Oh brother, how stupid can you get? NASCAR has gotten so anesthetic and pansy it has become irrelevent. They all drive the same cars, they are worried about going to fast, now they are worried about the man made global warming myth.
I tell you how they can reduce emissions, quit racing. It barly resembles racing anymore anyway. I’d rather watch kids in go-karts….It’s more rivoting.
TW
June 30th, 2009
2:37 pm
Paul – Thought his AirAmerica gig was a drag. His books, on the other hand, were hilarious.
Normal
June 30th, 2009
2:37 pm
RB from Gwinnett
June 30th, 2009
2:04 pm
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RB, don’t sweat it, because the AJC will be printed on recycled Wal Mart bags…
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josef nix
June 30th, 2009
2:16 pm
“Congrats AL FRANKEN!”
At long last, a professional commedian in the halls of power! Progress, ain’t it grand.
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As opposed to the amatures, hmmm?
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Bradford pears are made from old Wal Mart bags also…
Paul
June 30th, 2009
2:39 pm
TW
People oughta stick with what they do best… on the other hand, if you can make millions and get a big raise while your coworkers are getting laid off, why not?
Hey, maybe he can go work on Wall Street?
Seek and ye shall Find
June 30th, 2009
2:39 pm
So bad that Al Franken, a comedian, ran as a Dem and WON a Senate seat.
Actually, Al could have run as a comedian and STILL beat his Republican rival. When the Republicans screw up, they don’t like to do it in a small and easily overlooked way. Even a comedian would have been a pleasant change.
Bosch
June 30th, 2009
2:39 pm
DB,
I don’t like NASCAR
RB,
Yes, the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest is your problem – it is everyone’s problem.
Normal
June 30th, 2009
2:40 pm
AmVet
June 30th, 2009
2:23 pm
I honestly believe were he alive today Theodore Roosevelt would vomit if he saw the people who now call themselves Republicans…
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I believe he would walk softly and hit them with a big stick…Just sayin’
josef nix
June 30th, 2009
2:42 pm
DB–I assure you I’m not pouring bubbly!
As for the trees, a 100 year old oak is considerably larger and the life span of a Bradford Pear is not very long. Not, mind you, that I have anything against Bradford Pears, there’s nothing quite so spectacular in full bloom. I feel the same way by mimosas. They are, though, decorative and not native. If we are talking sustainable reforestration, then best to go with what Mother Nature planted.
RealityKing
June 30th, 2009
2:42 pm
I can see all 9.989 on goggle earth. I figure they’ve soaked up enough CO2 in the last 15 years to free me and mine from all of lefties bogus taxes. Too bad science and logic only count when they fit into the progressive agenda to curtail our freedoms..
DB, Gwinnettian
June 30th, 2009
2:43 pm
Bosch, you’re not getting the joke. But that’s ok, it’s pretty obscure, nay, petty of me to bring it up.
Happy
June 30th, 2009
2:43 pm
Funny how the EPA reports concerning global climate change were assembled by an economist using irrelevant data.
Based on the four seasons, weather, etc…wouldnt the global climate change on a daily basis or is that blasphemy?
Henny/Penny the sky is falling.
Wonder if J Jackson was the extortionist behind this Nascar debacle?
Just sayin.
Paul
June 30th, 2009
2:43 pm
josef
Aren’t mimosas something you drink around a pool?
Happy
June 30th, 2009
2:44 pm
The advantage to being a liberal is it only requires short-term, non-commital, hysterical thinking.
josef nix
June 30th, 2009
2:46 pm
NORMAL–as opposed to the amateurs! Not that we haven’t had some first-rate commedians in there. Who could ever forget Sen. Proxmire! Or Sam Ervin, who made Watergate bearable,
Good description of the Bradford Pear!
Happy
June 30th, 2009
2:47 pm
I’ve developed a slogan for us all…
“Save the planet – Retain your Methane”
Will Al Goron issue carbon debits due to flatulence?
josef nix
June 30th, 2009
2:48 pm
PAUL–that, too
T
June 30th, 2009
2:48 pm
What a day! NASCAR has joined the fight againts ManBearPig.
Tom
June 30th, 2009
2:49 pm
NASCAR finally speaks up! I knew it, I KNEW it! Another great “values” organization. Praise Geesussah!! Onward Christian Soldiers!
RB from Gwinnett
June 30th, 2009
2:49 pm
Bosch, so you’re an isolationist except for global warming? Is that it? None of the rest of the stuff in the world is our concern, but that is?
What is Obama doing to stop the deforestation of the amazon if it is indeed our problem? Anything? Or are we trying to offset their lack of environmental control with caps on our economy?