Hey everyone This doesn’t really fit under politics but there is no enviro thread.

I was wondering if anyone knew much about carbon trading. In the past I have always thought it was a good idea and I thought this was the view of most environmentally concerned people. However I was listening to triple J and they were talking about how essentially Carbon trading is allowing some people to pollute more as long as other people pollute less.

I have started to think that perhaps carbon trading is not such a good idea since all it does is encourage some companies to pollute more and pay a bit of cash to some green groups.

What do other people think? Is carbon trading a good idea or should government mandate strict emission laws that all companies must be below?

I am also undecided about carbon trading. I belive that if it is a trading free for all then it is a bad system. I think the government should mandate a maximum emmission level and then decrease it over time. I suppose they will do this by buying carbon credits.
I really havn't looked at it closely so I really don't know