Will carbon credits be useful, near term, to business and individuals? Would you, as a biodiesel user, appreciate accurate and timely reporting of your emissions reductions based on your biodiesel use? Even if the credits were not traded, would you still find use reporting to customers, constituencies, or just family and friends?
Treehugger explores a few radical efforts in this direction.
2 responses so far ↓
lyle // December 20, 2006 at 6:47 pm
When I pay a premium for my B100, I would like to think the carbon credits are retired by me.
This is controversial in our coop. Some would like to sell them, take the money, and invest in carbon reductions.
Others feel that we are reducing our footprint once, and that selling the offsets would be double dipping.
Thanks for tackling this one…
propel // December 22, 2006 at 11:45 am
While I see the value in high level cap&trade markets for carbon emissions, there should be a better way. For instance, Propel can deliver specific biodiesel use metrics to our customers. Is there a place for a ground up, community and small business oriented carbon trade “market”? The Chigaco Climate Exchange doesn’t work for many of our customers. Since carbon emissions extend to everyone- it follows there should be a way for everyone to reap some benefit from reducing emissions. I’ll keep digging on this. There’s a business opportunity for someone buried in here.
Leave a Comment