Farmers cashing in on carbon credits (The Truth behind the Global Warming Scam)

jsonline ^ | 2/5/2008 | AMY RINARD

[milwguy]

Wisconsin farmers are used to hard work and hard times, but now some are making a little easy money off their land by cashing in on growing environmental awareness and selling carbon credits to big corporations.

Voluntary, but legally binding, contracts for these so-called carbon credits are traded on the Chicago Climate Exchange, and the agreements are subject to audits and verification.

"It's been about an extra dollar or two an acre for the farming operation

For cropland to qualify for carbon credits, it must be farmed with no-till or conservation tillage practices. Not tilling up the land each season means the carbon dioxide in the soil is not released into the atmosphere, Raemisch said.

"If they're already practicing no-till or conservation tillage, it's a way for them to get paid for just doing what they're already doing," Raemisch said. "So why not?"

[milwguy]

In these few sentences, the whole fraud of the Carbon Credit game is exposed for all to see. Wisconsin farmers are 'selling' carbon credits to a company which in turn 'trades' them on the Chicago Climate Exchange. 'Polluting' companies 'buy' these credits to offset their emissions of CO2. The only problem is, the Wisconsin farmer is doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING different in terms of farming his land!!!! The only thing he does is sell his 'credit' on a fictional market and get 1 or 2 bucks an acre, but which does NOTHING WHATSOEVER to reduce CO2 emissions. Even if one believed CO2 was harmful and caused Global Warming (which I do not!), this scheme serves no purpose at all, except to enrich morons like Saint Al and his Branch Algorians who devised this fraud.

[steelyourfaith]

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Slapshot68]

“Chicago Climate Exchange.”

So when will the “Monopoly Money Market” open up?

[coloradan]

It’s just wealth transfer, nothing more, nothing less. At least it’s voluntary - for now.

[w1andsodidwe]

Exactly. There is money to be had. It is just amazing to see the ignorance of many people.

I just returned to California from a trip to Iowa. Not many believer there that I encountered. Of course, it was -13 part of the time.

Just before that, I had dinner with an acquaintance from Livermore Ca who informed me that he believed in it because he had dinner in a restaurant where scientist from Laurence Livermore Labs were discussing it and agreeing that it existed. I explained to him that these were Nuclear Physicists, not Climatologists. It seems that some people think that just because you have a PHD you have common sense and know everything.

[DocRock]

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[PBRSTREETGANG]

"If they're already practicing no-till or conservation tillage, it's a way for them to get paid for just doing what they're already doing,"

If they were already doing it, then there is no "credit" to offset whatever Carbon Dioxide evil that is now taking place that it is supposed to balance out.

The stupidity of people is mind-boggling.

[coloradan]

On the commodities market I can buy wheat and gold and have it delivered to me. On the climate exchage, can I buy some rain and have it delivered here?

[N. Theknow]

Want to see an even bigger scam??

Check this out.

Allstate requests 42% rate hike in Florida based on Global Warming projections.

[Roccus]

“At least it’s voluntary - for now.”
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Time to get in on the ground floor of the coming “Carbon Credit Bubble”

[Slapshot68]

“On the commodities market I can buy wheat and gold and have it delivered to me. On the climate exchage, can I buy some rain and have it delivered here?”

LOL! I think what you’re buying is even less tangible than that.... you’re buying off the guilt of contributing to global warming.

That makes it even more laughable.

[Uncle Chip]

Pretty soon Planned Parenthood clinics will be joining the craze and selling their carbon credits -- claiming, of course, that by population control they are eliminating from the earth a lot of potential carbon emitting units.

For that matter, the murderous dictators in Africa may very well do the same.

[Ditter]

Gee.... we own many acres of pasture land that NEVER gets tilled......... do you suppose we could get paid for that????? Nah..... we would just have to buy carbon credits for all that cow flatulence so it would be a wash. We best just be quiet.

[driftdiver]

The External Advisory Board - Honorary Chairman: The Honorable Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago

[Red Badger]

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/sbs.htm

Check here to see you car’s “carbon footprint”.................

[tbpiper]

Here in Florida, Allstate insurance is trying to use global warming as an excuse to up their rates. Having Gov. Crist on board with the whole global warming scam isn’t helping the matter any.

[Slapshot68]

Mazda RX-8. Carbon footprint = 10.2

Hmm...nope, still don’t feel guilty yet.

[Red Badger]

check out Rush’s car. A 2008 Maybach, any model........

[Slapshot68]

“Allstate insurance is trying to use global warming as an excuse to up their rates”

What’s really funny is United charging a fuel surcharge if you bring more than 1 bag.

And they wonder why Southwest is kicking their arse.

[Red Badger]

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