<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for A chat with Philip V. Adams of the World Green Exchange auction system]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Pangolin http://www.grist.org/article/a-new-marketplace-for-trading-ghg-permits/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:26:07 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-new-marketplace-for-trading-ghg-permits/1 How do you trade zeros?

Zero, that's the amount of carbon we can afford to put in the atmosphere tomorrow and for any tomorrow after that. Any number greater than zero is committing the planet to runaway global warming. Any amount less than that is committing to acidification of the oceans and more dead zones.

Since carbon trading schemes are always concerned with allowing emissions greater than zero it's difficult to imagine a successful outcome.

The one possible exception to this would be if somehow the price of fossil fuel carbon emissions exceeded the cost of paying farmers to create a carbon equivalent amount of bio-char and plow it into their fields.

Good luck with that.

Put the Carbon Back

]]> How do you trade zeros?

Zero, that's the amount of carbon we can afford to put in the atmosphere tomorrow and for any tomorrow after that. Any number greater than zero is committing the planet to runaway global warming. Any amount less than that is committing to acidification of the oceans and more dead zones.

Since carbon trading schemes are always concerned with allowing emissions greater than zero it's difficult to imagine a successful outcome.

The one possible exception to this would be if somehow the price of fossil fuel carbon emissions exceeded the cost of paying farmers to create a carbon equivalent amount of bio-char and plow it into their fields.

Good luck with that.

Put the Carbon Back

]]> Comment #2 by BrodyH http://www.grist.org/article/a-new-marketplace-for-trading-ghg-permits/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:01:25 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/a-new-marketplace-for-trading-ghg-permits/2 www.openeco.org ?

Has anyone reading Mark's article (or Mark!) checked out http://www.openeco.org yet? Since people love metrics and benchmarks, this site helps you calculate your businesses' and home's carbon emissions and then gives you a comparison with others in your industry as well as giving you tips on ways to reduce it. Just thought I'd pass along the site since I've personally found it useful!

]]> www.openeco.org ?

Has anyone reading Mark's article (or Mark!) checked out http://www.openeco.org yet? Since people love metrics and benchmarks, this site helps you calculate your businesses' and home's carbon emissions and then gives you a comparison with others in your industry as well as giving you tips on ways to reduce it. Just thought I'd pass along the site since I've personally found it useful!

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