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CARBON CREDITSThe carbon (and other pollutants) that we are putting into the environment have triggered Global Warming. In order to solve this problem, we must both stop polluting and remove pollutants from the environment. This requires a measurement of the amount of pollution going into the environment and being removed. Because the main pollutant is carbon, a pollution scale has been organized for what are called carbon credits but this scale applies to every form of pollutant. One carbon credit is equal to one ton of carbon. When you remove one ton of pollutant from the environment you receive one carbon credit. There are two types of carbon credits: personal and industrial. PERSONAL CARBON CREDITSPersonal carbon credits are important because every person contributes to Global Warming. The amount of pollution we each put into the environment is called our carbon footprint. We must know the size of our carbon footprint before we can determine what we must do in order to neutralize ourselves as adding to the cause of Global Warming. For most of us, it is impossible for us to remove from the environment the amount of pollution we are putting into it. For this reason, we pay others to remove our carbon for us. We can lighten or even eliminate our carbon footprint by purchasing personal carbon credits. Consider the following:
The size of your carbon footprint increases if you drive a vehicle, ride a bus, taxi, fly in an airplane or take train. The clothes you wear, the food you eat, the water you drink, the home you live in, the electricity you use, your phone, computer, dishes, blankets, and dozens of other items that are part of your daily life, all contribute to Global Warming. All these factors add to the size of your carbon footprint. In order for humans to survive, we must lighten our carbon footprint on the planet. In fact, to establish environmental balance, we must neutralize our collective carbon footprint on the environment. It begins with you and me. It's our personal responsibility to neutralize our carbon footprint. What is immediately obvious is that you, or I, as an individual, cannot neutralize our carbon footprint alone. We can lighten our footprint and, what we cannot do alone; we can hire others to do for us. HOW TO LIGHTEN YOUR PERSONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT What follows is an outline what we can do individually and then how we can hire others to do the rest. It's like taking grains of sand out of a bucket. Each person can take a portion of their pollution out of the system and eventually, with the help of others, we can empty the bucket. Here are some of the steps you can take personally to lighten your carbon footprint:
We know that changing your light bulb will not solve Global Warming but it will help. We also know that most people cannot begin to totally remove enough pollution to neutralize their footprint on the environment. To solve this problem, a system has been created where you can pay others to help neutralize your carbon footprint by purchasing carbon credits. PURCHASING PERSONAL CARBON CREDITS Some organizations remove pollution from the environment. They plant trees, implement advanced technologies and decrease pollution in homes and in their communities. This practice has become so popular that entire communities are now being created that reduces the amount of pollution in the environment. For example, the Global Alliance Foundation builds communities that are carbon neutral and even carbon negative thus you can purchase your personal carbon credits from the Global Alliance Foundation. For every Personal Carbon Credit you purchase, you are paying the Global Alliance Foundation to remove one ton of carbon from the environment. To calculate how heavy your footprint is, and the cost of its removal, a Personal Carbon Credit Cost (PCCC) scale has been created. You can add up your total and it will show you much carbon you are putting into the environment and what it will cost for you to lighten your carbon footprint until it becomes neutral or negative. A "negative" carbon footprint means that you remove more pollutants than you put in. To insure that you remain carbon neutral or negative, you will want to set up an automatic deposit program to insure that your carbon level and that of your family remains neutral or negative for the rest of your life. This means that you have neutralized your carbon footprint on the planet and done your part to solve Global Warming. CALCULATING YOUR PERSONAL CARBON CREDITSIn order to be as accurate as possible, calculate the amount of pollutants you are putting into your environment. In the section that follows, we have included estimates for cars, trucks, homes, air travel and personal body. We have not included the amount of pollution caused by making your clothing, food, utensils and other items you use in your daily life so this is a conservative estimate. CARS Cars are essential to our society. We are proud of our cars. We love our cars but they usually produce twice their weight in carbon emissions every year. Here are estimations of the average minimums it will cost to neutralize the carbon footprint of your car(s): Hybrid cars (41+ mpg) produce 6,000 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $14.97 per year. Efficient cars (29-40 mpg) produce 8,000 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $19.91 per year. Full Sized cars (19-28 mpg) produce 12,000 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $29.92 per year. SUV (10-18 mpg) produces 20,000 lbs of CO2 per year. PCCC = $48.89 per year. Other forms of transportation can be estimated. Taxies for example, are usually full-sized cars and you can estimate the number of miles per year you travel in a taxi. Trains, boats and other forms of transportation you have used, can also be estimated and added to your account. TRUCKS Green trucks (41+ mpg) produce 78,000 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $194.61 per year. Efficient trucks (29-40 mpg) produce 104,000 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $258.83 per year. Full Sized trucks (19-28 mpg) produce 136,000 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $388.96 per year. 18-Wheelers (10-18 mpg) produce 260,000 lbs of CO2 per year. PCCC = $635.57 per year. HOMES Apartment (<1000 sq. ft.) produces 11,000 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $27.50 per year. Small House (1001-1499 sq. ft.) produces 16,500 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $41.25 per year. Medium House (1500-2499 sq. ft.) produces 27,500 lbs. of CO2 per year. PCCC = $68.75 per year. Large House (2500-4000 sq. ft.) produces 44,000 lbs of CO2 per year. PCCC = $110.00 per year. AIR TRAVEL Travel by air from NY to LA produces 2,000 lbs. of CO2. PCCC = $5.20 per trip. 6,000 miles produces 2500 lbs. of CO2. PCCC = $6.25 per person. 20,000 miles produces 8,350 lbs. of CO2. PCCC = $20.90 per person. 40,000 miles produces 16,700 of CO2. PCCC = $41.80 per person. 100,000 miles produces 41,750 lbs of CO2. PCCC = $104.50 per person. PERSONAL FOOTPRINT As a living, breathing human being, you put carbon and other pollutants into the air. On the average: Each individual produces more than 50,715 lbs. CO2 per year. PCCC = $99.00 per year. On the average, each family produces more than 202,860 lbs. CO2 per year. PCCC = $369.00 per year. How heavy is your footprint? The average American total is approximately 191 tons per year. The PCCC to remove 191 tons is $955.88. Talley up your total and purchase the necessary Personal Carbon Credits to neutralize your carbon footprint on the planet. To purchase your personal carbon credits click here. When you purchase carbon credits you will receive a insignia to be placed on your car bumper or window indicating your have neutralized your carbon footprint. Once you have purchased your Personal Carbon Credits, you will want to take a look at how you can further lighten your Carbon Footprint at work or on the job. The next section deals with what can be done in business and industry to reduce pollution. BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYBusinesses and Industrial Plants are major polluters of the environment. While the Global Alliance Foundation can provide you with personal Carbon Credits, the pollution caused by business and industry is so extensive that their footprint requires looking at developments taking place both nationally and internationally. Recognizing that pollution from industry plays a major part in Global Warming has caused 141 nations of the world to create the Kyoto Accord in an attempt to regulate pollutants. Part of your responsibility is to make sure that your company conforms to the best possible standards of environmental remedies - including new ones recommended by Kyoto and by organizations such as GAF. Since the Industrial Revolution, pollution in the atmosphere has risen to the highest it has been in 65 million years. In an attempt to curtail the causes, most nations have set emission standards for their territories. Companies who cannot reach these standards must purchase Industrial Carbon Credits from companies who have more than met the requirements. These Industrial Carbon Credits are traded on the international market. Carbon Credit Certificates are awarded to comapanies that are successful in reducing the emissions that cause global warming. For trading purposes, one credit is considered equivalent to one ton of carbon dioxide emission reduced. Such a credit can be sold in the international market at a prevailing market rate. The trading takes place in the open market. Developed countries that have exceeded the levels can either cut down emissions, or borrow or buy Carbon Credits from developing countries. There are two exchanges for carbon credit: the Chicago Climate Exchange and the European Climate Exchange. Carbon Credits create a market for reducing greenhouse emissions (called "carbon") by giving a monetary value to the cost of polluting the air. The international treaties (such as the Kyoto Protocol) aim to mandate countries to set quota's for the maximum greenhouse emissions their country produces. Countries in turn enact laws that restrict or provide a quota on the maximum emissions a business can have. Those who exceed their quota then need to buy credits from an open 'carbon-trading' market. This creates a real financial cost of polluting. In countries that lack the necessary laws there is a cost for polluting but it is not recognised monetarily. PRODUCING CARBON CREDITSOrganizations such as Rainforest Credits and Tropical Sierra are working in conjunction with universities all over the world to build an online information database known as the Rainforest Encyclopedia for businesses and industries to research and calculate what they need to invest in to offset their greenhouse gas emissions. The Concept of Indusrial Carbon Credit came into existence as a result of increasing awareness on the need for pollution control. It took formal form after the international agreement of the Kyoto Protocol. Carbon Credits are awarded as certificates to countries that are successful in reducing the emissions that cause global warming. The Kyoto protocol was signed in 1999, with the US (one of the major polluting countries) staying out of the agreement. Some countries, like India and China, which have ratified the protocol, are not required to reduce carbon emissions under the present agreement despite their relatively large populations. This is one of the reasons that United States has not ratified the agreement. While the Kyoto protocol aims to reduce the green house gas emission by 5.2% below the 1990 levels by 2012, major pollution sources have not been included. Still, the first phase of the protocol will begin in 2007 and the second phase in the next year (2008). In each phase non-compliance will invite monetary penalty. Major contributors of Greenhouse Gas emissions are cement, steel, textiles, and fertilizer manufacturers. The major gases emitted by these industries are methane, nitrous oxide, hydro fluro carbons, and others which directly deplete the ozone layer or filter out the sunlight causing global dimming and inviting another ice age. For trading purposes, one credit is considered equivalent to one ton of emission reduced. Such a credit can be sold in the open international market at a prevailing market rate. The Kyoto Protocol provides for three mechanisms that enable developed countries with quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments to acquire greenhouse gas reduction credits. These mechanisms are Joint Implementation (JI), Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and International Emission Trading (IET). Under JI, a developed country with relatively higher costs of domestic greenhouse reduction would set up a project in another developed country, which has a relatively low cost. Under CDM, a developed country can take up a greenhouse gas reduction project activity in a developing country where the cost of GHG reduction project activities is usually much lower. The developed country would be given credits for meeting its emission reduction targets, while the developing country would receive the capital and clean technology to implement the project. Under IET mechanism, countries can trade in the international Carbon Credit market. Countries with surplus credits can sell the same to countries with quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol HOW INDUSTRIAL CARBON CREDITS REDUCES EMISSIONSCarbon Credits create a market for reducing greenhouse emissions by giving a monetary value to the cost of polluting the air. This means that carbon becomes a cost of business and is seen like other inputs such water and fuel rates By way of example, assume a factory produces 100,000 tons of greenhouse emissions in a year. Following international interest in greenhouse emissions, a government enacts laws that restrict or provide a quota on the maximum emissions a business can have. So the factory is given a quota of say 80,000 tons. The factory either reduces its emissions to 80,000 tons or otherwise is required to purchase 'Carbon Credit s' to offset the extra tons it is polluting over and above its quota. It means factories which want to pollute, in the short term, pay a real 'financial cost' for making greenhouse emissions. A business would buy Carbon Credits on an open market from organisations which have been approved as being able to sell legitimate Carbon Credits. One seller might be a company which will plant so many trees for every 'Carbon Credit ' you buy from them. So for this factory it might pollute a ton, but is essentially now paying another group to go out and plant trees which will say draw a ton of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As emission levels are predicted to keep rising, over time it is estimated that the number of companies wanting/needing to buy more credits will increase hence pushing the market price up, and hence encouraging more groups to undertake environmentally friendly activities which create for them Carbon Credit s to sell. Another model is that companies which use below their quota can sell their excess as 'Carbon Credits' also, the possibilities are endless hence making it a open market. While the system is being established it is suggested that initially Carbon Credits should be relatively inexpensive so that business find it easy to transition towards paying for credits, then over time the quota of emissions a government allows (based hopefully on international agreements) will gradually be reduced, which increases demand and keeps pushing up the value of the credits. The hopeful end game is that somewhere along the way the company will question this financial cost and reach a realisation that if they just reduced their emmissions they would not need to buy credits, hence achieving the desired goal of the Carbon Credit trading system. THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOUNDATION AND THE INDUSTRIAL CARBON CREDIT MARKETEach of the projects being undertaken by the Global Alliance Foundation will eventually earn Industrial Carbon Credits. In order to be certified as a provider, each project must be implemented and create measurable reductions in carbon or pollutant emissions. In order to implement these projects, GAF offers PERSONAL carbon credits. When you purchase your Personal Carbon Credits from GAF, you help set up communities that will remove carbon and other pollutants from the environment and help GAF qualify for certification for Industrial Carbon Credits. NOTE: GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOUNDATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT IS CURRENTLY SETTING UP AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITIES, DOING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SYSTEMS THAT WILL QUALIFY FOR INDUSTRIAL CARBON CREDITS BUT IS NOT YET ACCREDITED TO ISSUE INDUSTRIAL CARBON CREDITS. GAF COMMUNITIES MUST BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BEFORE SUCH CREDITS CAN BE ALLOWED. GAF, HOWEVER, IS QUALIFIED TO ISSUE PERSONAL CARBON CREDITS BECAUSE GAF IS DEDICATED TO RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTAION OF AFFORDABLE, ENVIRONMENTALLY BALANCED COMMUNITIES AND THESE COMMUNITIES REMOVE POLLUTANTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT. When you purchase Personal Carbon Credits from the Global Alliance Foundation you help establish sustainable communities of the future and the result provides solutions to Global Warming. For every personal carbon credit you purchase, you are paying for someone to remove one ton of carbon from the environment. Purchasing Personal Carbon Credits allow you to neutralize your impact on the environment. You are helping to: Build Remediation Parks that eliminate garbage, municipal and toxic wastes from the environment and provide a new pollutant-free source of electric energy in each community; provide all-electric, affordable, sustainable, prefabricated homes and buildings that basically eliminate our dependency on oil and gas. You are supporting the development of super capacitor batteries for storing large amounts of portable energy. We are implementing solar powered, self-charging, pollutant-free forms of transportation, planting gardens and trees that produce food regardless of extreme weather and establishing self-sustaining, environmentally-balanced communities. When you purchase Personal Carbon Credits from Global Alliance Foundation you become part of the SOLUTION to Global Warming. You also receive tax credits for every dollar you spend because we are a non-profit organization. When you purchase Personal Carbon Credits, your money goes directly to pay people to remove your portion of pollutants from the environment. You can purchase your Personal Carbon Credits by clicking this button:
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