I've never met a politician that is smarter than the free market.
Or a scientist.
Or an economist.
The problem with elitist "management" of "free" markets is the inevitable unintended consequences. Sometimes those consequences are accurately predicted by conservatives. Other times it takes turning the government micro-management loose on the free market to see what happens.
“They quickly figured out that they could earn one carbon credit by eliminating one ton of carbon dioxide, but could earn more than 11,000 credits by simply destroying a ton of an obscure waste gas...











Global warming is nothing but a shame -tell me -what was happening back in the Dust Bowl Days ? -was that Global Warming then or just another natural warming cycle as we are experiencing now-why were they predicting an Ice Age back in the 70's -what happened to that ! I have the Time and Newsweek magazines declaring such-Carbon Credits Scam!Al Gore Scam!