Thanks to my sister-in-law Jen in New Mexico for passing along the link to another great video by Annie Leonard, who also produced The Story of Stuff. In The Story of Cap and Trade, Ms. Leonard helps to clarify what exactly that means. I learned a lot! The video is about 10 minutes long, so load it up while you make your tea/coffee and then sit down to watch the video while you sip!
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For more discussion about Cap and Trade, check out Canada guy’s blog here.
Cap and Trade schemes are ineffective, counterproductive, and environmentally damaging, while carbon offsets are an out and out fraud. If we absolutely have to use cap and trade, however, there are some changes we can make to ensure we can still get some benefit from it.
http://www.selfdestructivebastards.com/2009/12/cap-trade-and-offset.html
This video is really helpful. I didn’t know exactly what cap and trade entailed before, but now I do. I agree with canadaguy, it’s not a solution at all.