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   Brendan Patrick Posted 9:52 pm
   08 Apr 2007

   The work has already been done!People have already looked at the mistakes with the EU ETS:
   http://www.feasta.org/documents/energy/emissions2007.pdf
   that covers not only the faults of the EU ETS, but also briefly covers other proposals which are popular, such as Contraction and Convergence, Tradable Energy Quotas, Sky Trust and Feasta's own Cap and Share.
   http://www.capandshare.org
   http://www.climatecooperation.org/index.php?title=Cap_and ...
   
   

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   planetthoughts Posted 12:09 am
   09 Apr 2007

   Excellent storyThank you, Jason.  This is indeed a detailed, non-condescending look into the reality of one of the current buzz-phrases, cap-and-trade.
   It appears to be possibly a valuable system, but one that is full of pitfalls, costs, and hidden and not-so-hidden opportunities for corruption and for cheating the system.  And there needs to be a careful, accurate, and non-delusional evaluation of what the total outputs are that can occur.
   Perhaps the inherent problem with cap-and-trade is that it allows passing responsibility on to others, who are an unknown quantity in the real world.  This is an inherent limitation - exactly how damaging that limitation is, remains to be measured and reported on, but it is something we need to understand.
   
   David Alexander
   
   PlanetThoughts.org
   
   
   
   Love your Planet.

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