In a cleverly-worded article today, the Sacramento Biz Journal is reporting that Sacramento has garnered the distinguished honor of having the “12th best carbon footprint” in the country. What their headline doesn’t say is that Sac is ten places behind Los Angeles! That means Sac residents are spewing more filth into the air per person than Los Angeles residents! Talk about SPIN DOCTORING!

“Sacramento ranks 12th best [Joe: or twelfth worst, depending on your politics] on a list of the average carbon footprint of residents in 100 major U.S. metropolitan areas. The study, by the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit The Brookings Institution, estimated average emissions per person from transportation and residential energy use in 2005.

“The per capita average for Sacramento was 1.768 metric tons” [Joe: with the exception of Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo who singlehandedly consumed 12 metric tons of fuel per year for the past two years in plane travel around the planet---ironically in a quest to thwart global warming] .

The first place prize went to Krispy Klean Honolulu with low emissions of 1.356 metric tons. Second place runner-up went to Los Angeles; followed by Portland, Ore.; New York City; Boise, Idaho; Seattle; San Jose, San Francisco; El Paso, Texas; and Oxnard. Stockton claimed a flatulent 19th place, and Fresno 22nd…

I’d be remiss if I didn’t state the good news: Sac is improving… slowly.

Source: Biz Journal