Letters to the Editor
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As satire this article falls flat
I kept waiting for the punchline, but it never came. then I realized, she's not trying to be funny. the latte frother is real, she doesn't know what an umbrella is (thus the four block drive in the rain), and this line:
"well-intentioned individuals like me are increasingly shouldering the burden to act."
was written with a straight face.
We can't buy our way out of personal responsibility - as mentioned in another letter, carbon offsets are this century's version of papal indulgences. If you want to reduce your impact on the environment then do so: use less electricity, walk in the rain, drink real coffee (black, no sugar).
The subculture represented by the author is misguided and dangerous. You can't absolve your own sins by paying someone to plant a tree. You could use a human powered push reel lawn mower, but that would be inconvenient, wouldn't it.....