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Finally, a way to flush your money down the toilet without wasting water!
(Seriously… why would someone buy carbon credits? Do people need another way to feel like they can change the world from their couch? I would be happy to be proven wrong. I fear I am right.)
People like to feel good about themselves. And, in aggregate, it does help. In fact, there are a few companies looking to open up exchanges for carbon credits. Given the right governmental persuasion, it could be big business.
But really, companies should be incorporating a carbon credit into their products and the government should reward them tax-wise for doing so.
Change starts with you. Cliche, but true.
Comment by Michael E. Gruen — July 19, 2008 @ 10:22 pm
I have yet to be convinced that buying a carbon credit DOES anything. It sounds like a (typical) bureaucratic nightmare where I have to somehow trust that the carbon credits I buy from my grocery delivery service are being used for something even remotely resembling an environmentally healthy project. Knock me over and paint me blue if even 5% of the carbon credit funds do anything but pad people’s pockets.
I am also wholly intrgued that most liberals think a truly free economic market is evil, but a carbon credit market is the key to salvation. Probably because they also think buying “fair trade” coffee is saving the world when it’s really just a marketing scheme.
How about instead of carbon credits I buy people some facts? Harvey Krumpet has a few to spare.
Comment by Marina Martin — July 19, 2008 @ 10:47 pm