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Re: Carbon Offsets - The Great Debate

Re: Carbon Offsets - The Great Debate

Submitted by jstack6 on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 20:43.

I just heard on NPR that carbon offset companies are being investigated. Just like Enron they want to make sure there is no fraud or selling clean credits 3 or 4 times.

  After I put my grid tied system in I gave all the extra electric away for free to my utility for 4 years. Then I got them to give everyone in our area net-metering.  At that time they also wanted to give me the incentive by buying my REC Renewable Energy Credits. I did not want the money or take it.

   A very interesting fact about the utility company incentives. They only give consumers who install a system their money that is from a general fund all of us pay into each month. To me that's our money to start with. Why should they get the REC credits ? I'd love to be Ralph Nader and put a class action case against them. I feel our utilities are defrauding us !  

 

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Carbon Offsets - The Great Debate By: Greendeavor.com (9 replies) Tue, 05/22/2007 - 15:29