RWSchilz
February 6th, 2008, 02:22 PM
Wisconsin farmers are used to hard work and hard times, but now some are making a little easy money off their land by cashing in on growing environmental awareness and selling carbon credits to big corporations. "It's been about an extra dollar or two an acre for the farming operation," said Jaran Rundahl, whose large Coon Valley family farm was among the first in Wisconsin to sell carbon credits, putting 2,739 acres under contract in 2006.
"It hasn't been real lucrative, but it's been well worth the effort. And if it can benefit some industry to say that we're helping them to clean up some of their carbon dioxide emissions, it's fine with us."
Increasing concern over global warming has made carbon credits, or offsets, a hot commodity.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=714488
Talk about your magic acts, nothing but smoke and mirrors! Spending money here so you pollute more over there. :scratch:idunno:thinking:)
"It hasn't been real lucrative, but it's been well worth the effort. And if it can benefit some industry to say that we're helping them to clean up some of their carbon dioxide emissions, it's fine with us."
Increasing concern over global warming has made carbon credits, or offsets, a hot commodity.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=714488
Talk about your magic acts, nothing but smoke and mirrors! Spending money here so you pollute more over there. :scratch:idunno:thinking:)