Would you like to have a carbon allowance?

Ity wouldn't surprise me if Australia eventually goes down that path, by giving everyone an allowance of carbon. At the moment, on every electricty bill, we get a graph and figures showing us how much carbon credits we have used. Now our government are in Copenhagen at the conference, mucking things up quite a bit I believe. If I was allocated an allowance, a solar heating system would be a must. Dont know about cooling, as aircondioners use a lot of electricity, but they are essential in our heat. I avoid public transport here, as it is too slow and not frequent enough., Where I live my daughter doesnt even have a direct route to her school.

A carbon allowence for the average private citizen here would likely result in a revolt and an overthrow of the sitting government. I think even our politicians realize this. Our environmental protection agency here recently eeclared Co2 as a dangerous gas to humans and is threatening to place limits on commercial interests, you can imagine the outrage this was met with here. We are not really a nation of people that cares much for over reaching governemnt, as your ancestors would tell you if they were around, lol. The problem is, I don't think we really understand all the nuances of climate and what controlls it. Despite the screaming from environmentlists, the science of "man made global warmiing" is not in fact a full concensus and is not completely agreed upon.

This is cool, if it does happen, I'll be so happy. I can certainly make do with a carbon allowance, and if this is so, I can definitely save money more! LOL... that's sad what's happening in Maldives and I hope that the place won't be under the water so soon. Solar power is also one cool thing and in fact nowadays, I've been trying to go green and trying to get more eco-friendly stuffs to live with. Good topic here.

Wouldn't happen here in the US - and BETTER NOT. I was listening to Glenn Beck spout off about that just a bit ago and I swear I would track down and string up EVERY SINGLE IDIOT responsible for such a thing, and I'd do it personally. Yes I have a big beef with people who would sit there on their lazy fat cat butts thinking they have any right to control anything that *I* do. My carbon usage is NOT their business. Until THEY live on minimum wage with no medical ins, no savings, no retirement, no stocks, no property, no car, etc. they have no right to squeeze or control anything another citizen does. When they live for more than a year as the poorer than poor poverty stricken person so they KNOW how it is on the bottom, THEN maybe they'd have a little justification for trying to change things on people, but that'll never happen. They wouldn't even live middle class. I don't believe in the catastrophe of this 'climate change', I'm not knocking your belief but I am not worried because to me the whole thing is hogwash. I would never choose to willingly inconvenience myself for something that is the biggest hoax of this century. I wouldn't change anything unless I had to personally for financial reasons. I believe the only limiting factor should be a person's own comfort level and their own personal finances. I do not believe the government has any right or any say in what personal consumers do with their own money and their own use of resources.

Nobody would like a carbon allowance. and nobody would like to be alive during the final destruction of earth so a carbon allowance may be a necesary evil. Its funny how everyone is willing to do what it takes to save the planet, unless it inconveniences them.

Although I do not have an issue with less pollution of any kind to put this in effect I believe the nations that do so should also provide either rebates, funding or certain appliances to help do so. I live in a very poor area, there are those who still heat their homes with wood fires and yes even have out houses still, (yes not all Americans are as rich as the TV may make them seem the Appalachians have some very poor areas to say the least). For people like these and many older folks on now very tight retirement budgets, changing to solar or wind power would be financially impossible with out some help. On the other side though do you know that we are actually in one of the slowest warm ups of earth's history from a geological view. There is a warming and cooling pattern that spans millions of years that the earth goes through and we are in a warming period. We humans only began to exist during a small section of the cycle and there for have never lived through a whole cycle. I will include a few links to read about this though most of my information is from an earth science class in college. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast20oct_1.htm http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/06/is-global-warming-part-of-earths-natural-cycle-mit-team-says-yes.html

hi maximax, this is new to me that carbon allowance ,so carbon will be more in our life,the allowance should be in the way of oxygen,you have to buy oxygen by carbon allowance,these all happen due to the environment disorder ,we have to increase the trees,treas will absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen,by the 2020,you might have complete the tour of world,then you may go on to the moon,because you have already traveled so many places not itself,have a nice day

A carbon allowance sounds good but I think that it would be more of a carbon restriction. Where I live there is no public transpertation and while I do not waste electricity I do drive everywhere I go and if I can aford the fuel I will drive the truck instead of the little car. I can see how the "allowance" would really restrict me and the people in my neighborhood. While I do think that the regular person should do all they can I do not think that it is the everyday citizen that puts out the most polution, instead it is businesses who would rather buy carbon credit than clean up their act that are doing the most damage.

A carbon allowance sounds very nice. I believe I would love to have it. I would also use it to travel and pay off some bills. I would also use it to have some dental work done I have been needing for a long time. Don't worry. I'm not snaggle toothed or anything, lol, but I do need some bridges and I may need a root canal in the future. I would also use it to have some repairs done on my house. There's no telling what all I could use it for. Kathy.

I think the reason why most people don't want a carbon allowance is because, especially here in the US, we have a tendency to overdue everything, from spending, eating, etc. And if there was an allowance people wouldn't be able to overindulge anymore. Do I think there should be one? Of course. I mean its quite straightforward that global warming is happening and therefore something needs to be done in order to control the situation. Obviously we can't count on the average citizen to do their part so government has to step in. They never would if people would learn to recycle, cut back, etc. Now what would I use it on. I'm not sure. I'm not a huge traveler but I think I'd have to look at what would be needed as a necessity and then what I have left over. Because while I'm at school I live in an area where public transportation is very adequate but once I graduate college I'm back home in a place where you have to have a car to go anywhere. That is the problem with rural and suburban areas, they don't have opportunities that cities provide.