Carbon neutral - it's really happening

[simpo two]

A friend of mine has just started a small consultancy business from home, and is selling to the local government sector. That means he has to put all sorts of nonsense on his website, part of which was a statement of carbon neutrality.

He says (to me) 'As a marketing statement, I have made (company name) carbon neutral by buying offset certificates under the EU ETS...from Tescos!!!'

I replied that since I only do 65% of the average annual mileage, and as a single person my utility bills are probably lower than average, perhaps I can sell some of my unused CO2 quota to somebody?

He replied 'As far as I can make out individuals can't sell under-usage as we don't get issued with personal allowances.'


This carbon trading thing might be a money-spinner... where do I start?

[simpo two]

Bandwagon profit aside, have they not stopped to realise that Company A (high polluting) simply handing money to Company B (low polluting) makes Jack Schitt difference to anything, other than simply increasing the prices for customers of Company A?