Comments on: EcoWeb Tool: Carbon Catalog http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/05/ecoweb-tool-carbon-catalog/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The Carbon Catablog » Behind the Scenes at Carbon Catalog http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/05/ecoweb-tool-carbon-catalog/#comment-9171 The Carbon Catablog » Behind the Scenes at Carbon Catalog Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:41:09 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/05/ecoweb-tool-carbon-catalog/#comment-9171 <p>[...] been 6 months since Carbon Catalog was launched, and 3 months since the first blog post. It’s time to talk about some recent updates to the [...]</p> [...] been 6 months since Carbon Catalog was launched, and 3 months since the first blog post. It’s time to talk about some recent updates to the [...]

]]> By: Karen http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/05/ecoweb-tool-carbon-catalog/#comment-1176 Karen Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:31:09 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/05/ecoweb-tool-carbon-catalog/#comment-1176 <p>Transparency in the offset market is something that Gideon Greeenspan and Our Carbon Nation Ltd obviously felt the need to address. Our Carbon Nation Ltd are launching a new Global Carbon Offsetting Directory Service for consumers. They highlight issues such as price per tonne, percentage of donation spent on admin, and most importantly how providers verify that the emission reductions they are claiming are actually taking place. www.ourcarbonnation.com launches on 17th September 2007.</p> Transparency in the offset market is something that Gideon Greeenspan and Our Carbon Nation Ltd obviously felt the need to address. Our Carbon Nation Ltd are launching a new Global Carbon Offsetting Directory Service for consumers. They highlight issues such as price per tonne, percentage of donation spent on admin, and most importantly how providers verify that the emission reductions they are claiming are actually taking place. http://www.ourcarbonnation.com launches on 17th September 2007.

]]> By: Sean O http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/05/ecoweb-tool-carbon-catalog/#comment-1082 Sean O Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:48:18 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/09/05/ecoweb-tool-carbon-catalog/#comment-1082 <p>I write about this a lot on my site that covers global warming (http://www.globalwarming-factorfiction.com) and I am typically very skeptical of carbon trading schemes.</p> <p>P.T. Barnum supposedly said that there was a sucker born every minute. Sometimes, when I read about carbon credits, I am not sure who the sucker is - the person buying, the person selling, or the general public for thinking it is helping!</p> <p>In order for credits to be feasible and to be more than a “feel good” gesture, we need solid accounting, accountability, and penalties. We have none of that now and this article makes this painfully clear. We cannot allow credits to be used for minor contributions to a project. The credit must go to the cost of reducing the greenhouse gas.</p> I write about this a lot on my site that covers global warming (http://www.globalwarming-factorfiction.com) and I am typically very skeptical of carbon trading schemes.

P.T. Barnum supposedly said that there was a sucker born every minute. Sometimes, when I read about carbon credits, I am not sure who the sucker is – the person buying, the person selling, or the general public for thinking it is helping!

In order for credits to be feasible and to be more than a “feel good” gesture, we need solid accounting, accountability, and penalties. We have none of that now and this article makes this painfully clear. We cannot allow credits to be used for minor contributions to a project. The credit must go to the cost of reducing the greenhouse gas.

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