Comments on: Partnership to Offset Carbon Emissions http://www.topgreencars.com/partnership-to-offset-carbon-emissions/ the future of sports cars Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:36:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Adam http://www.topgreencars.com/partnership-to-offset-carbon-emissions/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Adam Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:29:16 +0000 http://www.topgreencars.com/partnership-to-offset-carbon-emissions/#comment-1323 All the auto companies are trying their best to win the "greenest auto maker" title but the fact is none of them are. All the auto companies are trying their best to win the “greenest auto maker” title but the fact is none of them are.

]]> By: Sean O http://www.topgreencars.com/partnership-to-offset-carbon-emissions/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Sean O Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:05:46 +0000 http://www.topgreencars.com/partnership-to-offset-carbon-emissions/#comment-1308 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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