07102010

carbon trading does not reduce emissions

Carbon Trading does not work

You do not have to take my word for it, have a look at these following articles and links..

• Carbon Trading Won’t Work (by Michael K. Dorsey) on greens.org .
  
• Interview with Clive Spash: Why carbon trading won’t work - Clive Spash was a former CSIRO economist whose controversial paper on carbon trading was censored by CSIRO management about the problems with Rudd’s CPRS, carbon trading and alternatives.
• Are Carbon Trading schemes too complex? organized crime has latched onto carbon trading as an easy way of making money.
• Solution or Just Absolution? The Problem with Carbon Offsets Kevin Smith of Carbon Trade Watch explains why he thinks buying carbon offsets is a waste of money.
• Carbon Trading: How It Works and Why It Fails Despite having a disastrous track record, carbon trading is still being promoted as the central solution to climate change. Addressing today’s climate challenges requires a paradigm shift away from market-based strategies, argues a study by Oscar Reyes and Tamra Gilbertson.

So whats the alternative?

If you really want to help the environment, there are quite a few options:

• Properly educate people at a grass roots level about being really Eco - i.e. read the articles on this site for starters;
• Governments could do more to give incentives to manufacturers to produce more energy efficient products, both in terms of energy used in production and their life (i.e. tax breaks and standards).
• Think about 'reusing' instead of 'recycling' - the most environmentally friendly thing you can do with waste is find another local practical use for it.

Basically, you don't really need a massive bureaucratic central market system to act in a way that is more environmentally friendly - you can do a lot by your direct action and education.