Microsoft Makes Ambitious Carbon Neutral Pledge

Qedward writes "Chief operating officer Kevin Turner says Microsoft will be 'carbon neutral across all our direct operations including data centers, software development labs, air travel, and office buildings' from July 1, the start of the 2012 fiscal year. Turner added: 'We are hopeful that our decision will encourage other companies, large and small, to look at what they can do to address this important issue."

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Re:It's not hard being Carbon Neutral

[gmanterry]

Microsoft's pledge includes their use of the services you mentioned. If all the customers of all airlines, for example, were carbon neutral including their use of air transport, then the problem is solved. Whether that's possible I don't know, but since we are hardly even making an effort yet, large gains are relatively easy.

You do realize, I hope, that the purpose of the TSA is in fact not anything to do with stopping terrorism. Their sole purpose is to push the population into a mentality where they refuse to fly. This is the reason Congress will do nothing to stop the TSA from molesting children and the elderly. The sole purpose is to decrease air travel and therefore reduce emissions from planes. They are doing a better job each year. The government just invented two more terrorist plots that they have saved us from so they can expand the intrusiveness even more. I hope none of you hold airline stocks.