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Sustainable renewables are the way forward for energy independence, cost, security and health. Oh, and also to combat AGW.

We might as well get it right from the beginning.

Fact 1: There are a large number of low-quality offsets in the markets, even more so in the voluntary market. Fact 2: Buyer beware is definitely the phrase to live by in this market.

However, to put ALL offsets in this “rip-offsets” category is misleading at best. Just as a mad cow outbreak doesn’t convince people to give up beef forever, this shouldn’t convince people that offsets are valueless, but rather there should be better oversight, transparency, and standards governing them. Offsets will be key in bringing in markets that can’t be capped easily (agriculture, transportation, forestry) and will reduce costs for the overall system (which in these economic times, is very important as well).

For the North American offset market, there should be better regulation, not unlike what the FDA does for the food industry. Cap-and-trade legislation will only raise their value and quality by providing eligibility to mandatory markets.

Of course, reductions should be made first in the home and at the point of generation, but offsets should be have a place at the table as well.

www.pointcarbon.com

[JR: My point is that not even an expert can tell the so-called good offsets from the junk. So the only wise thing to do is to treat them all as junk.]

Most people likely now think that cutting emissions cuts the CO2 in the atmosphere, and thus reduces climate problems. But only negative emissions will do that.

http://terrapreta.bioenergylists.org/biocharscprs

makes the case that biochar is a good, accountable offset possibility.