Comments on: A few points on what would make a decent CPRS http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/a-few-points-on-what-would-make-a-decent-cprs/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Duffett http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/03/12/a-few-points-on-what-would-make-a-decent-cprs/#comment-15140 Mark Duffett Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-15140 "Many people and businesses don't want to support activities such as energy efficiency improvement in a uranium mine, or in a coal power station, because they believe they should be shut down."<br /><br />Tough. If CO2 emission is reduced at the end of the day, then that's a good thing, the scheme has done what it's been designed to do, end of story. The whole point of a CPRS is to avoid the sort of winner-picking that Pears seemingly advocates here. “Many people and businesses don’t want to support activities such as energy efficiency improvement in a uranium mine, or in a coal power station, because they believe they should be shut down.”

Tough. If CO2 emission is reduced at the end of the day, then that’s a good thing, the scheme has done what it’s been designed to do, end of story. The whole point of a CPRS is to avoid the sort of winner-picking that Pears seemingly advocates here.

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