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lickypickysticky: A new bill in Australia proposes offering carbon credits to citizens who kill a camel. According to the article, camels have particularly gaseous burps, and over the course of a year can omit 100 pounds of methane, about 1/6th as much as an average car. Australia has 1.2 million wild camels—the largest population in the world. Officials see them as pests, and also a menacing force behind climate change. The proposal, which will be voted on by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, “would allow sharpshooters to earn so-called carbon credits for slaughtering camels. Industrial polluters around the world could buy the credits to offset their own carbon emissions.” Mark Dreyfus, the government’s parliamentary secretary for climate change is for the bill, and told the Associated Press, “Potentially it has tremendous merit, because feral camels are a dreadful menace across the whole of arid Australia.” I’m all for using creative green initiatives. But fighting climate change—a man-made problem—by killing animals sounds like the ultimate in fighting fire with fire. Camels in particular are symbolically green—they can travel long distances over deserts with water stored in their humps. In a way, they’re natural-born conservationists. When it comes to a climate change tipping point, many scientists feel that we’re too late, too far in to thwart major damage. If the straw already broke the camel’s back—what’s the point in killing it now? What the hell?

lickypickysticky:

A new bill in Australia proposes offering carbon credits to citizens who kill a camel.

According to the article, camels have particularly gaseous burps, and over the course of a year can omit 100 pounds of methane, about 1/6th as much as an average car.

Australia has 1.2 million wild camels—the largest population in the world. Officials see them as pests, and also a menacing force behind climate change.

The proposal, which will be voted on by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, “would allow sharpshooters to earn so-called carbon credits for slaughtering camels. Industrial polluters around the world could buy the credits to offset their own carbon emissions.”

Mark Dreyfus, the government’s parliamentary secretary for climate change is for the bill, and told the Associated Press, “Potentially it has tremendous merit, because feral camels are a dreadful menace across the whole of arid Australia.”

I’m all for using creative green initiatives. But fighting climate change—a man-made problem—by killing animals sounds like the ultimate in fighting fire with fire. Camels in particular are symbolically green—they can travel long distances over deserts with water stored in their humps. In a way, they’re natural-born conservationists.

When it comes to a climate change tipping point, many scientists feel that we’re too late, too far in to thwart major damage. If the straw already broke the camel’s back—what’s the point in killing it now?

What the hell?

(via lickystickypickywe)

2011.07.02  12:40pm  ∞

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  1. fcukshawn reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    significantly more...blame for environmental...I really hate...
  2. angelinarose5 reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    Isn’t there other ways
  3. pieceofcase reblogged this from lickystickypickywe
  4. c-n2-my-mind reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    This just MAY be one of...most idiotic things I...solve a...
  5. vitamina-calcium reblogged this from bauzahaus
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  9. love-is-like-oxygen reblogged this from damnbountyhunter and added:
    Has anyone seen “The Cove”? SAME EXACT SHIT.
  10. simhana reblogged this from lickystickypickywe
  11. furbiesforfreedom reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    uh, maybe we should stop driving instead?...bit less appalling.
  12. crotalinae reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    SO MANY invasive species that...way overpopulated?
  13. crotalinae said: In reality, its not really about the climate change. Lawmakers are more interested in hot topics like climate change than removing invasive species (just as bad, but less “interesting”)… so the biologists found a creative alternative.
  14. cruelsummers reblogged this from lickystickypickywe
  15. tickiotock said: :(
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  21. transitmonkey said: That is just totally fucking shameful.
  22. kaocow reblogged this from lickystickypickywe
  23. lanaboombabybecker reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    I had no idea we even had...but that’s cool, new life goal
  24. burningblackholes reblogged this from damnbountyhunter
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  27. kunz0208 reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    Killing camel earns you
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  33. giacomosaurus reblogged this from lickystickypickywe and added:
    This. FUCKING THIS! Finally,...my Camel phobia!
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