Comments on: World Betting the Farm on Carbon Trading? http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/04/world-to-bet-the-farm-on-carbon-trading/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sean O http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/04/world-to-bet-the-farm-on-carbon-trading/#comment-52557 Sean O Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:39:14 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/04/world-to-bet-the-farm-on-carbon-trading/#comment-52557 I write about this a lot on my site that covers global warming (http://www.globalwarming-factorfiction.com) and I am typically very skeptical of carbon trading schemes. P.T. Barnum supposedly said that there was a sucker born every minute. Sometimes, when I read about carbon credits, I am not sure who the sucker is - the person buying, the person selling, or the general public for thinking it is helping! In order for credits to be feasible and to be more than a “feel good” gesture, we need solid accounting, accountability, and penalties. We have none of that now and this article makes this painfully clear. We cannot allow credits to be used for minor contributions to a project. The credit must go to the cost of reducing the greenhouse gas. I write about this a lot on my site that covers global warming (http://www.globalwarming-factorfiction.com) and I am typically very skeptical of carbon trading schemes.

P.T. Barnum supposedly said that there was a sucker born every minute. Sometimes, when I read about carbon credits, I am not sure who the sucker is – the person buying, the person selling, or the general public for thinking it is helping!

In order for credits to be feasible and to be more than a “feel good” gesture, we need solid accounting, accountability, and penalties. We have none of that now and this article makes this painfully clear. We cannot allow credits to be used for minor contributions to a project. The credit must go to the cost of reducing the greenhouse gas.

]]> By: Matt Leonard http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/04/world-to-bet-the-farm-on-carbon-trading/#comment-52470 Matt Leonard Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:22:20 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/09/04/world-to-bet-the-farm-on-carbon-trading/#comment-52470 Excellent article Brian! I highly encourage folks to think more critically and deeper on these issues. Carbon Neutrality is a great goal and slogan - but almost without exception - it is used today to mean offsets. It doesn't mean carbon-zero or carbon-free - which are perhaps better slogans we should be rallying around. It's quite simple. Keep fossil fuels in the ground. Keep forests standing. -Matt Excellent article Brian! I highly encourage folks to think more critically and deeper on these issues.

Carbon Neutrality is a great goal and slogan – but almost without exception – it is used today to mean offsets. It doesn’t mean carbon-zero or carbon-free – which are perhaps better slogans we should be rallying around.

It’s quite simple. Keep fossil fuels in the ground. Keep forests standing.

-Matt

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