Comments on: Qantas Plans September Takeoff For Carbon Offset Program http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/08/30/qantas-plans-september-takeoff-for-carbon-offset-program/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sean O http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/08/30/qantas-plans-september-takeoff-for-carbon-offset-program/comment-page-1/#comment-9588 Sean O Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:57:37 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/08/30/qantas-plans-september-takeoff-for-carbon-offset-program/#comment-9588 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.

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