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Credit Where Credit Is Due
Sep. 21st, 2004 09:37 amThis morning, the CBC morning show had an enthusiastic piece by their business commentator beaming about pollution credits. For those of you who don't know what this means, it refers to countries or cities or other companies buying and selling the right to pollute under guidelines. If, for instance, the pollution guideline (Kyoto, for instance) says each of two cities can emit 100 units of greenhouse gases, and City A only emits 80 units, City B can buy the unused 20 and emit 120 units!
This notion is unreservedly disgusting. The underlying idea of any pollution limits is obviously that less is better. If City A finds a way to come in under its targests, City B should be there taking notes on how it too can beat its targets and thus SAVE THE FUCKING WORLD!
The commentator's take was that a developing nation's ability to sell pollution credits might be the only thing that would get it to even try and comply. Of course, underlying this is the idea that all nations should try for the good of the world. But then how can he feel good about more pollution in Canada? It's a cynical exercise when Kyoto, even if it were ratified, would still fall far short of real targets needed to slow down climate change.
I phoned in the following message to the show's "vox box" (note, the "sponsorship scandal" refers to the discovery that millions of dollars in federal money went to friends of Liberal party with very little oversight under the watch of previous Prime Minister, Jean Chretien. This is the major reason the Liberal's have a minority gov't since the last election) :
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This notion is unreservedly disgusting. The underlying idea of any pollution limits is obviously that less is better. If City A finds a way to come in under its targests, City B should be there taking notes on how it too can beat its targets and thus SAVE THE FUCKING WORLD!
The commentator's take was that a developing nation's ability to sell pollution credits might be the only thing that would get it to even try and comply. Of course, underlying this is the idea that all nations should try for the good of the world. But then how can he feel good about more pollution in Canada? It's a cynical exercise when Kyoto, even if it were ratified, would still fall far short of real targets needed to slow down climate change.
I phoned in the following message to the show's "vox box" (note, the "sponsorship scandal" refers to the discovery that millions of dollars in federal money went to friends of Liberal party with very little oversight under the watch of previous Prime Minister, Jean Chretien. This is the major reason the Liberal's have a minority gov't since the last election) :
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