carbon trading

A recent article on the BBC news website stated that the latest EU carbon trading schemes were coming under attack for their lap-sided leniency towards big business. It is unfortunate that such a unique idea for curbing carbon emissions is meeting with these types of hurdles. Of course, it is difficult to know whether there truly is a problem with the distribution of free carbon credits or whether this is simply new spin from the same big business pushers who want us all to believe that there is no such thing as global warming.

When you look at the arguments against the global warming theory, they hold no water. What incentive does any group have in "inventing" planetary catastrophes? To win the votes of tree huggers? To get people to buy more CFL bulbs? Give me a break. When you look at potential incentives for ignoring global warming, there are glaring examples of motives for cover-ups. It will cost big business more to curb their emissions. The national economy (or rather the profit margin of corporations) will suffer. It is easy to see why corporate America (and their puppet-strung government) is paying less attention to the threat of global warming. It is easy to see why the USA didn't want to be involved in Kyoto.

The only thing that isn't easy to understand is why the majority of us put up with it.