The Farce of Carbon Trade

Check out BBC's viewpoint: 'Obscenity' of carbon trading for background.

The entire notion is sickening - dumping pollutants on third world "acceptors" (be it computer hardware loaded with toxic flame retardants and the like or straight waste) is largely a ploy to fool consumers and voters into thinking the problem is being dealt with at home. If you don't see the effects there probably aren't any, huh?

This sort of "economic delocalization" is an underhanded way with relocating 19th century social structures (such as a deeply impoverished working class) and practices (colonialism and generally treating the Earth as if its resources are limitless) out of the sight of the 'modern' world. They're still there, and most of them are living off them like parasites.