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08-01-2012, 02:44 PM
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CA looking at handing out carbon credits
This article was posted in another thread but I thought I would bring it here for discussion since it relates to CA.
What are your thoughts on this? Is CA caving in Green principles for the money? Is this just a financial reality that can't be avoided?
California weighs giving away more CO2 permits | Reuters |
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08-01-2012, 04:30 PM
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Location: Where they serve real ale.
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Carbon trading is a good market based way to lower waste and improve efficiency.
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08-01-2012, 05:35 PM
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Location: In them thar hills
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It used to be people got scammed buying swampland in the future it will be plots of "forest."
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08-01-2012, 06:01 PM
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Location: Where they serve real ale.
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Such credit trading systems have worked well in reducing acid rain, reducing particulates in air, and sulfur content in air and water. I don't see why such a market based solution couldn't also be applied to carbon.
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08-09-2012, 04:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Think4Yourself
Such credit trading systems have worked well in reducing acid rain, reducing particulates in air, and sulfur content in air and water. I don't see why such a market based solution couldn't also be applied to carbon.
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The problem here is that CA is giving them away. I don't see much of a trade going on. |
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