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Originally Posted by ~Coxy
Kinda hard to talk about the carbon scheme without being able to question whether mitigation tactics should be performed or not. Personally I feel that there's no point in attaching a price on carbon if it's not going to have any appreciable affect on matters.
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Have to agree with ~Coxy. The problem is that the majority of businesses agree with reducing the carbon footprint in principle but do not see it as a priority because most do not see Global Warming as an immediate threat. As such they see any emmissions trading scheme, carbon tax or any other variation on the theme as an added burden on doing business, affecting profits and therefore something to be avoided or circumvented in whatever way possible.
The only time that businesses will embrace such a scheme is if all businesses worldwide adopt the scheme at exactly the same time, in exactly the same way. As this is not likely to happen any time soon....I don't think a trading scheme will have any impact other than economic (some enterprising people will find a way to make a buck out of it). There are many things that a government could do to help individuals make a change - a solar rebate is just one. Again this would be a) initially costly and b) need to have a long term outlook something that governments are just not designed to have.
God I've become a cynic in my old age
