Sunday, June 05, 2011

In order to prevent hurricanes in Florida, why not pay someone to shoot a camel in Australia?

Australia’s CO2 rules may lead to sinking of desert ships
Killing camels to earn carbon credits might seem an extreme way to fight climate change, but the Australian government has issued rules that will help investors do just that.

Adelaide-based Northwest Carbon, a carbon project developer, has developed the rules, or methodology, governing a strict camel culling programme that would also cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Camel culling under the methodology could generate up to 18 million carbon credits, with more than 650 000 created a year during the initial three to five years, Northwest Carbon said in a statement on Thursday.

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