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Old 06-14-2011, 09:36   #4
rdret1
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Ok, I admit I am not the sharpest tack in the box when it comes to global finances and "green" initiatives, but this kind of thing boggles my mind.

1. How do you place a monetary value on pollution that can be traded in stock exchange?

2. If all you are doing is trading your pollution output for someone else's pollution output, how is that supposed to eventually decrease the total world "greenhouse gas" content?

It all sounds like so much economic chicanery to me.
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