Carbon offsets

Glenn Reynolds on carbon offsets today (author's hyperlink):

WE NO LONGER QUESTION THEIR PATRIOTISM: “Perhaps the most disturbing scene of the afternoon, however, involved the man who pulled down his pants in front of women and children and defecated on a burning U.S. flag.”

Even more shockingly, he apparently failed to purchase carbon offsets to cover the burning flag's greenhouse emissions. . . .

As Douglas Adams might recommend, every time you belch, pass gas or otherwise produce carbon emissions, it's important to obtain a receipt in order to prove that you've purchased the correct amount of carbon offsets.