[Terrapreta] why we must relate to cap and trade

[lou gold]

There is a very interesting editorial in today's NY Times

May 14, 2008
Editorial: The Post-Bush Climate
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/opinion/14wed1.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

It notes that all three US presidential candidates have indicated that they
favor some sort of cap-and-trade system. My guess is that cap-and-trade is
coming. This means than there will soon be a huge pool of monies to support
activities that are viewed as sequestering carbon.

This is becoming no longer a philosophical or ideological or moral matter.
It is happening and many folks (the good, the bad, the etc) are positioning
themselves to bargain for the offset bucks.

I believe that this is why we are suddenly seeing foolish proposals like
growing and burying trees. Why? Because growing and burying trees has some
concrete metrics associated with it. There is measurable carbon retrieval.
There is measurable organic carbon to be buried (or perhaps sunk into oceans
where big logs don't deteriorate). The point is that the discussion is
shifting to metrics and the biochar movement better have some way to measure
its benefits if it hopes to compete.
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