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To: Taikun who wrote (55009)	10/28/2004 12:14:24 AM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 74559

>>If you care to look up the market participants (mainly in Tx where it started in the US) they are, AFAIKT, all private companies.<< Oh boy, I smell another Enron in the making!!!

To: Taikun who wrote (55009)	10/28/2004 12:59:25 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

David, it's governments which will compel the CO2 credits industry. Private companies aren't going to invent such a thing themselves. Though they might run it themselves, in the same way that private banks run most of the banking system, using the credits issued by the governments. Lobster is still in shortage mode when it costs me more than I have to pay for beef. When my parents were young [1930s], all the crayfish and other fish they could eat was free from the ocean and easily caught and cheap. Ah, the good old days. And food generally tasted like food. Of course high prices don't instantaneously increase supply. It's tough to train a new 747 pilot from the passengers before the next way point comes up for a check, assuming there's anyone to do the training. But if the government restricts prices, suppliers will never show up. I dare say you've heard of queues in the USSR where government determined everything. If companies don't organize flu vaccines in time and lose production, that's their problem. Their shareholders will lose their money to competitors who will take over. Price and open markets solve the problems. Companies should be looking ahead. The Antarctica ice cap is a good thing. The North Pole ice cap is not such a big deal. Being rid of it would probably be a good thing. Air is quite convenient too = very useful for breathing. But a boost in CO2 parts per million is good for plants, which for eons have struggled to breathe in the thinning atmosphere as the carbon has been buried and fossilized. Thank goodness for humans who have figured out how to bring all that carbon back to life, while doing useful work. It's a wonderful world. You are quite right about those amazing new CDMA features. I'm still working on the 'print money' feature. But it's coming along nicely. New wife/supermodel will be via 3D retina scan and stereophonic sound via cochlear implant. That won't give the tactile effect, but imagination for those so inclined and good artificial intelligence should keep people with time to kill well-occupied. Mqurice