Mercury for trade

So I'm thinking that I should market myself as a coal burning power plan and sell my emission caps to actual functioning plants in order to make a little extra money.

Or course, I'm not really going to do that, but it does help explain the problem with Bush and company's cap and trade approach. Certain areas will probably see a reduction in emissions. But there is no reason for other places to reduce anything if they can buy their way out of the problem. And that means those who live around those plants will get no benefit from the Bush plan at all.