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# Finding offsets absurd
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/finding-offsets-absurd-editor/
- Published: 2008-08-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:27:13.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Diane Moss Malibu*

At a time when our polar ice caps are on the verge of vanishing, City Hall offering carbon offsets to mitigate the damage of private plane use at SMO reminds me somewhat of a doctor telling smokers dying of lung cancer that they can offset their cigarette habit by taking up jogging.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 1, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080108.pdf?ref=smdp.com)