On Eco-Enslavement and Treadle-Pumps

Brendan O'Neill has written a very powerful piece on what he terms the "eco-enslavement" inherent in many of the carbon-offset schemes that so many rich folks in the West participate in. (Thanks to Robert Bidinotto for the link.) I highly recommend this article. I could quote many great parts from it, but instead I'll just give Mr. O'Neill's well-worded closing paragraph:

It is time to end this eco-enslavement, and put forward arguments for progress and equality across the globe. I would never pick up shit and use it to warm my home, or spend hours on a treadmill in order to raise water. Would you? Then why should we expect anyone else to do such things, especially in the name of making some rich snots feel better about themselves?