There seems to be good reason for concerns that the global economic slowdown will hinder efforts to finance the green transformation of the energy system.
Governments are putting aside plans aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, at a time when the focus is on finance rather than ecology, and a slump in oil and gas prices is undermining the power of energy to invest in renewable energy.
Another blow to the industry is the fall in license prices for emissions of major greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
In countries where such permits must be purchased in the emitting countries, such as the EU, low prices mean that the emitting countries reduce the power to increase production efficiency or shift to greenhouse gas-intensive fuels.
The prices of these licenses have fallen by more than half since the medium term
Trade at 11: 00. 63 euros (about $15)
According to the carbon point, early Wednesday afternoon.
The economic downturn is a key reason for these licenses to lose value.
Some factories and carbon emissions
Burp like coal
The thermal power plant may now have too many permits, not too few.
Companies that hold licenses and traders have been selling heavily over the past week, which may create a surplus in the market where these licenses are traded.
Another factor in the price decline is the cost of less polluting fossil fuels like natural gas.
When natural gas is expensive, energy producers rely more on coal, which will emit higher levels of carbon dioxide and increase demand for carbon emission permits.
When the price of natural gas is cheap, demand for carbon emissions permits will drop.
The further sharp fall in the price of carbon emission permits will be an ominous development for European officials, who oversee the world's largest carbon trading system, it is hoped that the United States under President Obama will adopt a similar system.
Three years ago, emerging e-commerceU. system —
Starting on January 2005-
In fact, because the government has paid too much money to favored industries, the company almost collapsed.
Once carbon traders have heard that there are remaining permits in the market, they push prices down to almost zero.
Since the last sudden collapse in carbon prices, in the spring of 2006,U.
In order to prevent recurrence, a lot of work has been done to strengthen the government's process of assigning licenses. E. U.
Officials are tougher on the government and only approve national plans designed to ensure that licenses are scarce to ensure that they remain valuable.
In addition, after 2012, the process of distributing permits will be concentrated to prevent polluters from lobbying without restrictions and affecting the way carbon permits are issued.
Nevertheless, this experience has seriously damaged so-called cap-and-
The trading system is an effective and reliable means of regulating carbon dioxide emissions.
Now it seems that the system may experience a second bruising experience.
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Bad NGOs are also feeling economic pressure because
In theory, the underlying price of carbon permits allows them to buy a large number of licenses and hold them permanently, effectively reducing the available subsidies and forcing emissions reductions.
I'm just not familiar enough with the way these markets operate and don't know if NGOs are allowed to buy carbon emission permits, but I believe under the Clean Air Act, they used this strategy with the permission of sulfur dioxide.
There are opportunities in the crisis.
At the beginning of the industrial revolution, we were short-lived workers.
Less than 1B people around the world)
And a long history of natural resources.
Policies have been formulated to encourage the use of natural resources to make us more productive.
We are long people today (
More Than 1B can't find a job)
And reward companies for pollution and waste.
Why else should we use 19 th century technology to drive the global economy?
Once we price caps and deals or carbon taxes, we compete fairly and reward creativity and innovation.
New jobs will follow.
More and more details of environmental protection ideas, pleaseGreensugarpress.
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So that someone's friends can make money?
More investment banking businesses need help? )
Obviously, the law and the fine (
Pay to the government)
No pricing is required for carbon emissions (
Cap on cost of goods and serviceseg. electricity)
Production in this way, emissions will fall.
This is just another Ponzi scam and the public will pay for it.
What matters is the cap.
Whether the price of each license is falling or rising does not matter;
It's just that the market is working. The two most-promoted non-
The solution to the increase in atmospheric CO2 is, on the one hand, the concept of "carbon capture and storage", and on the other hand, the "carbon credit trading program ".
These two methods are nothing more than green environmental protection. they are defined as public gestures. In fact, they do not solve the problem, but they give the appearance of solving the problem and make everything go as usual.
It won't work to capture and seal carbon from coal-the main project in the future is the technological revolution, and nothing can replace it.
This is only basic thermodynamics.
Imagine a car traveling along the road, capturing all the carbon dioxide emissions in the trunk in solid form.
Imagine stuffing a potato in the tailpipe, and from a thermodynamic point of view you can begin to understand why the whole concept is absurd.
Similarly, trading the "pollution right" credit line has no effect on reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and even stopping rising.
Leading oil companies are turning to more dirty sources of oil-heavy crude oil, tar sand oil and shale oil.
They have converted refineries across the country so that they can deal with the dirtier sources of fuel-some of the wealthiest Americans, like Warren Buffett, have also invested heavily in it, through the China-US energy and the Midwest refinery.
The coal industry continues to carry out its own "clean coal" environmental campaign-let's not forget that Obama is a politician from the coal state and promises to develop "clean coal technology "(
Abnormality of sulfur
Coal-rich dirty coal)
As a major coal and nuclear power company, eslon has always been his supporter.
This is two-party cooperation.
McCain also supports clean coal technology ".
There is no such thing in reality.
Any realistic approach to stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels must be based on eliminating fossil fuel burning and ending deforestation.
To do this, an extensive energy mix will be required and the right choice will depend on where you live.
In Mexico in the Middle East, solar energy is the main energy source. In mid-
In latitude areas like the Great Plains and the UK, the wind is the best.
Both technologies require advanced energy storage systems (
Modern batteries, etc. ).
In other regions, nuclear or geothermal energy may be the only option, although they are unsustainable for a long time. term (
Only solar and wind can avoid long periods of time
Resource limitation issues).
In areas with very high agricultural productivity, the production of biofuels is possible-although the impact of global warming on agriculture may make this resource very limited.
By the way, the bailout plan is a disaster-it's because the banks receiving the bailout are investing heavily in fossil fuels, no interest in promoting competition-Morgan Stanley bought or leased a supertanker full of oil and is now waiting for the price to rise-that's what the $700 billion rescue plan actually used for: January. 19 (Bloomberg)—
"Morgan Stanley, in partnership with Citigroup Inc. , hired a supertanker to store crude in the Gulf of Mexico.
Two ship brokers say Royal Dutch Shell is trying to profit from the price increase later this year.
At the same time, solar companies like Optisolar are laying off hundreds of people-not because of insufficient consumer demand, but because their credit lines have been cut off.
What happened to the hyped "release credit" theme during the $700 billion bailout?
So let me figure this out.
Now there are fewer and fewer European companies that want to emit carbon dioxide, which is a problem to some extent?
The authors seem to think that success is defined by how much pressure we can put on each company to reduce emissions.
Europe's existing systems balance the pressures of all countries in order to make improvements where they are most efficient.
This is a natural system of checks and balances that will reduce pressure as the overall emissions decrease (
Currently happening for economic reasons)
, Increase pressure when things go well.
Is there any problem with this?
If we, as a game, let the initiative slip through the fingers again (see the 70’s)
We deserve the delay.
Raise energy prices to the early stage
The economy collapsed and left them there (
The only way to make people aware of the importance of the situation for continued survival)
Under government supervision, the remaining profits will be used for R & D.
I know this will never happen for a lot of reasons, some good, but the weakest, self-serving.
Wait until it really hits the fan, it's a reaction of an addict to the exhaustion of the stash.
No one wants to intervene with them, but another option is terrible.
The economic downturn should lead to a decrease in the growth of fossil fuel use and may lead to a decrease in fossil fuel use.
As long as this cut meets the requirements of the upper limit, the licensing price should be low.
This should be considered a good counter.
The circular effect, because when time is difficult, it will reduce the cost of doing business so that employment will not be affected too much.
The purpose should not be to increase the licensing price, but rather to reduce emissions without economic harm.
The low price period indicates that this is happening.
In my opinion, the licensing system is too complicated and should be cut directly by regulation on the production or import of fossil fuels.
However, price fluctuations should not be contrary to the market mechanism.
"Unsubscribe from dead tree media" anyone is looking at the trade-off between "dead tree media" and "Air Media"
Pollution/bird or fish
Kill "electronic media "?
There is no problem here: the downturn in economic activity has led to a slowdown in all forms of pollution, because by definition fewer resources are consumed.
The real test is when the economy will recover and when demand will rebound in full.
You then have to ask if the price is set at the appropriate level in favor of green technology rather than carbon emitters.
This is an unspecified alternative to climate change.
Too poor to pollute!
The upper limit is its work when the license price drops
No carbon price means no incentive to innovate or save.
Again, falling fuel prices are attracting us back to the suv market and we will only expand when prices pick up.
We bought the wrong car, bought the wrong house, invested the wrong technology, and got the wrong job!
We need a long term
For a long time, through protection and new technologies, we are constantly striving to reduce our carbon footprint every year.
We will not reach the ceiling until the economy returns to growth, which is not the way to get the biggest drop at the lowest cost. A gradually-
Increasing the carbon tax will avoid price fluctuations-carbon licensing prices will fluctuate up and down.
A price floor (and ceiling)
In a hat-and-
Trading systems reduce volatility, but why bother with cap complexity, gaming, and profiteering? n-trade at all?
Do we really want to create another unknown set of financial instruments? A revenue-
A neutral carbon tax can create low
Taxes can be used to reduce payroll taxes while carbon incentives.
"We pay taxes on what we burn, not what we earn. ” See //www. carbontax. org.
I must agree with Joshua at this point.
The price of these credits reflects the extent to which the company has reached the specified emission target.
In this case, the low price means that the company does not exceed the emission quota set out in the cap and trade plan, and therefore does not need to purchase additional licenses.
In the early days of the cap and trade plan, too many permits were issued free of charge, resulting in excess permits, and the market did not have enough incentive to reduce emissions to the cap.
I'm not sure this time . . . . . . If so, the recession makes it easier to achieve goals.
The more disturbing dynamic, in my opinion, is the slump in fossil energy prices, which, as the author mentioned, has weakened investment in alternative energy.
You can't have the best of both worlds-make money regardless of the price of fuel.
When the cost rises, the current system is set to a high price, and when the cost drops, the system is set to a low price.
Maybe someone should rethink the whole process of how to buy a license.
None of them should be blamed more than themselves. Mr.
Kanter you need to learn some Econ 101
Please educate yourself.
Before taking a few classes, discuss some words like "ominous" and "preciitous" or something like "… This experience has seriously damaged so-called cap-and-
The trading system is an effective and reliable means of regulating carbon dioxide emissions. ’ (
See the above several excellent posts on the reasons and ways of EU price mechanism
ETS works exactly as expected). Embarrassing. Ah . .
The next bubble is forming.
How many times do you want to waltz in this aisle?
Carbon credit has no intrinsic value.
They gain value from government authorization.
"Three years ago, emerging e-commerceU.
The system, which began in January 2005, actually collapsed because the government distributed too much to favored industries.
Once carbon traders have heard that there are remaining permits in the market, they push prices down to almost zero.
Since the last sudden collapse in carbon prices, in the spring of 2006,U.
In order to prevent recurrence, a lot of work has been done to strengthen the government's process of assigning licenses. E. U.
Officials are tougher on the government and only approve national plans designed to ensure that licenses are scarce to ensure that they remain valuable.
In other words, the government controls prices by manipulating the market.
Private companies that do so will also be fined, and their company officials may face jail terms. What a sham…. .
Throw rubbish. org/?
P = 114 "even so, this experience is seriously damaging so-called cap-and-
The trading system is an effective and reliable means of regulating carbon dioxide emissions.
"I think most people realize that the cap trading system is a tax.
If you want to stop the use of fossil fuels, the coal tax/ton will do the same.
Same with gasoline.
You will subsidize it if you want something more.
If you want to be a little less, you will be taxed.
Working with tobacco
I will work with poverty if I have a chance.
I don't want to say that to you, but the government is always manipulating the market.
What do you think is the main interest rate set by the National Bank?
Heck, what do you think is the recent economic stimulus program around the world?
The same theme: "There is no intrinsic value in carbon credit.
They gain value from government authorization.
"This can also be said for any paper currency you can name-for example, the dollar.
Even a penny is not worth a penny.
The value of carbon credit should not be measured in this way.
Their value comes from the same source as any banknote-the credibility of the issuing government to support them.
That is to say, one can say that the problem when prices fell for the first time was, the government can't decide what the "value" of these credits should be-we all see how this is resolved-trust in the new "currency" fails, value crashes. James Handley (12)
It seems to me that it is a mistake to change the payroll tax (
Almost 14% of all income)
A carbon tax.
The tax level is about correct, equivalent to about $30/gallon of gasoline, but it has very different features compared to the payroll tax.
A carbon tax is interested in taxing non-existent carbon use, so it should lead to zero income if successful.
The payroll tax is designed to fund the retirement of the labor force after a certain age and therefore needs to be continuously (
Population statistics)funding.
With the end of the use of fossil fuels, the use of carbon taxes to fund social security can easily undermine Social Security.
James Hansen's dividend philosophy seems to be a safer way to deal with the huge cash flow brought about by an effective carbon tax.
I prefer a much lower income approach that fits into each fossil fuel.
Suspend new coal-fired power plants to regulate the presence of coal.
Consider using natural gas as a bridge fuel before lower-cost wind and solar energy can take over.
Use administrative power to supply gasoline quantitatively so that oil prices remain low while we stop using it.
Taxes or Cap-and-
Trade seems to be one size fits all.
But there are smarter ways to think about, for example, the national security issues surrounding the import of oil or environmental damage and the security issues surrounding the use of coal.
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Too much carbon emissions)
Why stop at 58/78, let's push it to 48/88, or just live outdoors in the summer and live in caves in the winter, here are some better ways to consider: reduce the luxury war in Iraq.
Tell all business executives to stop using jets. (same reason)
Executives are no longer in luxury cars, but proms can.
City government officials no longer take off-road vehicles.
There is no police SUV on TV (
Unless there's a new show: CSI South dakjohnjohnthis cap and the trade business don't make sense to me.
We have seen two crises in Europe.
Only God knows how common the loopholes and gifts of US fossil fuel industry legislation areS.
I will see it if it is adopted.
Look at our agricultural subsidies . . . . . . In response to the post-19 s.
It doesn't seem to be a problem for me.
Wouldn't it be great if the carbon tax caused consumption to drop steadily and the government didn't have to find alternative sources of income!
James Hansen's "dividend concept" is based on a carbon tax;
This is just another variant.
For more information, see the "Dot Earth" 6/08 blog entry for Andrew Revkin.
And "quantitative gasoline "?
You must be joking.
Do you think the American public will accept this restriction on their spoiled lifestyle?
Tax-neutral carbon tax, some of which are designed to help affected energy sources
As far as I'm concerned, this is the best way-much simpler than caps and deals, with far fewer chances for lobbyists to circumvent legislation by confusing details.
This is a shame.
Now Al Gore can only earn hundreds of millions of dollars from his "carbon credit" scam, not billions of dollars. comment 1)
-Anyone can buy a carbon license from the EU emissions trading center-you can buy and retire by yourself through/www if you wish.
Carbon retired. com!
Is the goal of the original statement?
Limit and gradually reduce carbon dioxide emissions?
Or the goal here?
From energy, industry, transportation and other aspects of forced investment.
Specific sectors of the economy (
Greening company)
Paid the social price?
If the first one is the target, with the implementation of the cap, everything is working regardless of the transaction.
This is a problem if your goal is the second one. Let me re-
Read the tone of this article. . . Well, I guess the original goal was wrong?
Reduce carbon dioxide emissions, environmental issues, etc.
Not part of the plan;
Just money?
I guess your stock just fell.
If you have a better plan, you will steal money from the taxpayer and hand it over to the winning company of the previous choice, not this complicated plan.
Sadly, too many people believe in your original goal and don't realize it's just a way to get paid.
I hope they pay attention now.
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