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What would be the point of this "loophole"? This is pittance money for All the big companies, Apple, MSFT, Google etc. I don't think most consumers even care ab

• moccachino 9y ago
  Although in the grand scheme of things this is probably a good idea and a net positive, it is still kind of absurd when you look at the individuals. Take Norway for example, it was said earlier that they officially run on only about 40% green energy. However in actual reality they run closer to 100% on green energy and everyone there knows it. Then a coal power factory somewhere can buy the Norwegian credits and claim to be 100% green and sell that. It's no wonder many people don't like this scheme. But as you say and I agree, it is probably a net positive.
  • mehrdadn 9y ago
    "Net positive" unless there are more drastic measures companies decide not to take because they feel like they're already doing something/doing their part. I see a real danger in doing too little only because you feel like you're doing enough.
  • pavs 9y ago
    > Then a coal power factory somewhere can buy the Norwegian credits and claim to be 100% green and sell that. It's no wonder many people don't like this scheme. No this is not happening anywhere, where are you coming with this kind of things? Coal company producing only coal-generated power don't buy green credits. If 100GW renewal energy is produced, who or how it is being used is irrelevant, because the alternative would be 100GW energy generated through non-renewable resources. I don't in which version of reality is that a bad thing, regardless of who buys whatever REC credit.