http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/10/another-good-article-on-good-and-bad-of-carbon-trading-solutions-to-deforestation/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:26:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/10/another-good-article-on-good-and-bad-of-carbon-trading-solutions-to-deforestation/comment-page-1/#comment-14270 Anonymous Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:35:27 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/10/another-good-article-on-good-and-bad-of-carbon-trading-solutions-to-deforestation/#comment-14270 blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2006/10/another-good-article-on-good-and-bad-of-carbon-trading-solutions-to-deforestation/comment-page-1/#comment-14269 todbrilliant Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:26:34 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2006/10/another-good-article-on-good-and-bad-of-carbon-trading-solutions-to-deforestation/#comment-14269 An interesting twist to the debate that I haven't seen discussed is the "exit strategy" that carbon credits gives land owners. That is, if the $$ given for preserving forests is a one-time payment, and is equivalent to the amount paid for reforestation, would it not be more advantageous to chop the trees, reap profit as grazing land, then later reforest the land for a final windfall? Of course, there is the cost of the trees and felling/planting labor, but over the course of X years, this may be more than offset by annual income. An interesting twist to the debate that I haven’t seen discussed is the “exit strategy” that carbon credits gives land owners. That is, if the $$ given for preserving forests is a one-time payment, and is equivalent to the amount paid for reforestation, would it not be more advantageous to chop the trees, reap profit as grazing land, then later reforest the land for a final windfall? Of course, there is the cost of the trees and felling/planting labor, but over the course of X years, this may be more than offset by annual income.

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