[CAnet - news] Carbon credits instead of carbon taxes
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:54:03 -0400
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Carbon rewards or credits work the same way as taxes in that you pay a surcharge on carbon emitting products such as gasoline, etc. But rather than having the money fall into the hands of government the money flow back directly into the hands of consumers in terms of credits. Consumers can use these credits to purchase "virtualized" zero carbon products and services. This is where broadband networks can play a critical role, as virtualized products can only be delivered over true broadband networks. In fact I argue the networks themselves should be paid for through carbon credits as in our proposed free fiber to the home business model (http://free-fiber-to-the-home.blogspot.com/) Ron Dembo of ZeroFootPrint has written a great paper on the concept of carbon credits which was recently covered in the Globe and Mail: http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080908.RREGULY08/TPStory /Business/ To read the entire paper please see http://www.zerofootprint.net/pdf/zerofootprint-green-credits.pdf The ZeroFootPrint web site also has excellent articles explaining the intricacies of carbon offsets and developing a detailed carbon accounting plan in line with ISO 14064 and related standards - BSA] ------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to [email protected] These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. ------ [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_01C7_01C9225C.5D38F800 Content-Type: text/html; 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Carbon rewards or credits = work the same way as taxes in that you pay a surcharge on carbon emitting = products such as gasoline, etc. But rather than having the money fall into the = hands of government the money flow back directly into the hands of = consumers in terms of credits. Consumers can use these credits to purchase = “virtualized” zero carbon products and services. This is where broadband = networks can play a critical role, as virtualized products can only be delivered = over true broadband networks. In fact I argue the networks themselves should = be paid for through carbon credits as in our proposed free fiber to the home = business model (http://free-fiber-to-the-home.blogspot.com/)<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Ron Dembo of ZeroFootPrint has written a great = paper on the concept of carbon credits which was recently covered in the Globe and = Mail:<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoNormal>http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080= 908.RREGULY08/TPStory/Business/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>To read the entire paper please see <span = style=3D'font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href=3D"http://www.zerofootprint.net/pdf/zerofootprint-green-credits.pdf"= >http://www.zerofootprint.net/pdf/zerofootprint-green-credits.pdf</a><o:p= ></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times = New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times = New Roman","serif"'>The ZeroFootPrint web site also has excellent articles explaining the = intricacies of carbon offsets and developing a detailed carbon accounting plan in = line with ISO 14064 and related standards – BSA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times = New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_01C7_01C9225C.5D38F800-- --===============0390158075== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============0390158075==--