[p2p-research] Fwd: Cap and Share : “upstream system”

Tue Dec 7 03:06:33 CET 2010

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From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:49 AM
Subject: Cap and Share : “upstream system”
To: sustainable_solidarity at yahoogroups.com, hc_ecology at yahoogroups.com,
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interesting :

http://www.capandshare.org/howworks_basicidea.html

So Cap & Share is what is called an “upstream system”. The cap is enforced
by requiring the fossil fuel suppliers to have permits to bring fossil fuels
into the economy. The number of permits determines the size of the cap.

And who’s in charge of the permit system? WE are! Here’s how it works:

Each year you get a certificate for your share of the country’s CO2
emissions allowance. It might be for 10 tonnes of CO2, say. It’s free, and
every adult in the country gets the same.

The fossil fuel suppliers (oil, coal and gas companies) have to buy these
certificates (you’d sell them via banks or post offices) and they become the
permits. If a fossil fuel company buys your certificate, this allows them to
bring in as much fossil fuel as will emit 10 tonnes of CO2 when it’s burnt
(somewhere down the line). The more certificates they buy, the more fossil
fuels they can bring in. Certificates are in demand, and are worth serious
money.

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From: Feasta News <website at feasta.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:26 PM
Subject: Covert Cap and Share video just released by freakylinks
To: Feasta News Subscriber <dante.monson at gmail.com>

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Covert Cap and Share video just released by freakylinks

Dear Feasta News subscriber,

[image: Thumbnail of
video]<http://www.youtube.com/v/rSUuFjAOZUo?fs=1&hl=en_GB>As
climate negotiators this week in Cancun in Mexico try to rescue anything
face-saving from the ashes of Copenhagen, and as the planet continues to
heat up regardless, a simple idea called Cap & Share - which would
simultaneously control emissions and boost equality - has been gaining
attention. Of course, the prospect of cutting out all the financial
middle-men may not appeal to everyone, as a covert video recently obtained
by "freakyleaks" demonstrates only too well ....

Cap and Share campaigners hope that you'll enjoy this clever and playful
5-minute video. If so, please pass it along! If you can't get the video link
above to work, click here instead:
http://www.youtube.com/v/rSUuFjAOZUo?fs=1&hl=en_GB<http://www.youtube.com/v/rSUuFjAOZUo?fs=1&hl=en_GB>.
You can find out more about Cap and Share at the
capandshare.org<http://www.capandshare.org>website.

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