Clearly things are heading that way, there is much talk of some carbon producers buying unused "carbon use" allotments from other companies.
So if I become a non-producing business, can I just sell "my own" carbon credits to other companies?
I'm not sure how it works, but some of the newer ethanol and bio fuel plants are so efficient, that they are generating "carbon tax credits" (which are worth $30 each) which directly increases their bottom line financial earnings.
This is really ticking off the Gore-Bull warming pundits, because they were expecting these companies to BUY carbon offsets, not produce them for profit.
They didn't expect American capitalists to figure out a way to tuen it into a money maker, thus keeping American dollars in America.