It appears that the Chicago Climate Exchange, whatever that is, is going to offer farmers and ranchers a way to sell "carbon credits" to companies that ant to offset their CO2 emissions. This is an interesting idea. Trying to get people to voluntarily do this before the governments step in and make companies do it.
Reading the story the information seems a little sparse to me and I am going to have to look up more information when I get a chance. I don't do a lot of farming so the farming aspects might not be great for me but what are the "grazing practices" that they refer to that might yield some money? That's one of the things I would be curious about. Also, who are these "third party" people who are going to verify this and how much do they charge for their service? I would never say that I would bribe such "third party verifiers" but you know somebody will. Who watches the "third party verifiers" for such things?
Hell, the more I think about this thing the more I want to look up information on this so I can figure out how to be a verifier. That's where the real money stands to be made here. Now get your mind right here, I am not saying it would be great because of the possibility of "bribes," I think this could be a real profitable growth type opportunity if this thing really takes off.
Have you ever seen people so ugly that you have to get someone else to verify it? Jeff Foxworthy
Tuesday, April 10. 2007
Carbon Credits
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Enjoyed reading and looking over your web site. Great photos. Good luck with finishing up calving and I hope you get this respiratory issue under control. We started calving at the end of January when it was too warm and the mud was a major problem. Worried myself to death about the scours, but the only problem we had were several calves with navel infections. The vet makes up a concoction (azimycin is one component), of who knows what, which works very well provided you stick with the dosing protocol which can be a problem if the calf is out in the field. By the time the 3rd day comes around your lucky if you can catch the damn thing. I try to bring the pair back to the house and put them up for the 7-8 days needed to get rid of the infection. I'll be checking back to see what's on your mind and check out any new photos. One other comment: stick with what you have been doing. Obviously it has been working for you for years. I am always suspicious of all these carzy ideas like calving on sandhills. That is great if you are aleady setup, but as you said, no one is and the cost is prohibitive. You are right on about these university types.
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Paul Grieco
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