Can a Pollution Permit and Carbon Credit Reduce Pollution?

The answer is yes, pollution permits and carbon credits can reduce pollution, even though the idea of distributing permission to pollute and carbon credit can be morally debatable. Let’s explain this idea with one general principle: the Earth can tolerate a certain amount of pollution without being seriously harmed. After all, someone who has peed in a lake can’t be blamed to contaminate the whole water with his small amount of urine.

Dilution works the same way with gas when carbon dioxide gets absorbed by trees and other vegetation. In the context of using polluting permits and carbon credits, we would give every company on the planet a right to issue a certain amount of carbon dioxide. The total amount distributed would be an amount tolerable for the planet to ensure dilution of the carbon dioxide and consequently, avoid drastic environmental issues such as global warming. Therefore, polluting permits and carbon credits can help in reducing the amount of pollution on the planet, because we would be able to measure and control carbon emission.

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EFB  - Answer   |2009-05-24 09:31:11 To answer your question, since your email is not working: Thank you to visit Environment for Beginners, Permits and credits work basically the same way. Permits are a legal paper emitted by the government allowing a company to pollute. Carbon credits are another type of permit, except it enters in the carbon market system (see What Are Carbon Credits and How Does the Carbon Market Works http://www.environmentforbeginners.com/content/vie w/19/47/. Obama talks about cap and trade, meaning the total permits will be caped and entered in the carbon market, and then they will be traded between companies. This process will stay in the US exchange. To answer your question, it is inclusive and will stay in the US as far as the carbon market is concern. Don?t hesitate to tell about this website, the more people are aware about environmental issues, the better our decisions will be.

chris windle  - I have a Question.   |2009-05-22 14:09:58 Will permits and carbon credits be exclusive of each other? If the US issues permits, will US companies also be able to purchase credits or will there be two distinct processes at work, one national and the other international? Thanks.

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