tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608177906781621745.post6872888589745427397..comments2023-10-17T05:40:29.851-07:00Comments on I Heard It On NPR: Plankton CreditsSabraGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02673692908115090221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608177906781621745.post-72978179364111640082008-03-26T13:31:00.000-07:002008-03-26T13:31:00.000-07:00hey there - i'm alex, the person who reported this...hey there - i'm alex, the person who reported this piece. most of your questions are good questions, but marketplace is a show about money, not environmental concerns. i did ask questions in the piece, but they were related to how (and how well) a carbon offset market might work in the US. with less than 4 minutes to work with, staying focused is imperative. if reporters had 6, 7 or 8, we'd be able to get to all the other good questions you have. <BR/><BR/>and as to your concerns about the plankton these people are growing, i'm no defender either way of what they're doing, but the fraction is absolutely negligible in the space of the ocean, and they claimed they were doing it in a part of the ocean that had already been significantly deforested. plankton is a source of food for ocean life, so ostensibly this would be a good thing. lastly, one interesting thing i didn't have time to mention in the piece is that this was the first time any scientific mission, ever, had observed the growth of plankton over its entire life cycle -- an important experiment in its own right. <BR/><BR/>PS: marketplace is technically not produced by NPR -- it's american public media.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02365817161662635471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608177906781621745.post-9430864416844153062007-07-26T10:40:00.000-07:002007-07-26T10:40:00.000-07:00I wonder how much an ECC (equivalent child credit)...I wonder how much an ECC (equivalent child credit) would go for? Would you trade them on the open market, or would you need to qualify for the extra ones (showing proper intelligence levels etc)?SabraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673692908115090221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608177906781621745.post-49464742729056546112007-07-25T20:59:00.000-07:002007-07-25T20:59:00.000-07:00*There was a great tongue-in-cheek article about t...*There was a great tongue-in-cheek article about this in a recent issue of Time Magazine, actually, where the author suggested that we allow parents to buy credits when they want to hit their children. They'll purchase a credit which would pay off a parent who regularly hits their kid in exchange for them taking the day off.<BR/><BR/>Heck this is close to my idea of couples receiving two child credits when they marry. Two kids per couple. That's it. This will give the planet a rest. And they can be traded. I have adopted this notion personally and have given my niece one of my child credits to have a third. She is a great mom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com