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Originally Posted by slang
I'd be willing to bet that a significant number of people have been killed in their own country while an American was driving on the American side of the road.
None taken.
You still havent set a price for your credit. It sounds like you've made quite a change in your emissions. Someone would surely like to buy it.
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Well ... I was actually pretty low emission by western standards before I came here. Also I'll be heading back soonish and don't want to have to buy my emission rights back.
But really, I was thinking of calling for bids. Anyone?
EDIT: Actually, this gets to the bit that bugs me about existing carbon trading schemes. They start with the baseline figure being what you were emitting in 1990 or some recent date, thus giving the advantage to those who were already the most polluting. If
I ruled the world, I'd have the scientists figure out how much CO2 planet Earth can handle and divide that amount equally between the population, thus giving each individual person (or country?) carbon rights. Impoverished people/countries can sell carbon rights, and high consumers can buy them. Still working out the details. :P