Whatever the government can get for free it will take, in this socialist country. I'm beginning to think the yellow peril would have been a better option. At least it would have been over faster, not like this slow blood letting.

The facts are that we lost our best option for credits with the land clearing take. The fact that the Feds are not including land clearing in their current proposal should tell everyone that neither side of politics wants to revisit the issue.

The next question for other ag offsets is how would they work? The answer, as we should know, is buried in the Kyoto rules. They weren't written for ag and severely disadvantage ag. Any small and short-term benefits of participation - read coverage - would be consumed by administration and verification costs. At the same time, the market will hurtle down the slippery slope recently vacated by speculators in derivatives.

If you thought that the global financial crisis hurt, just wait for the outcomes of a massive market designed by government. It is a recipe for failure.

Pray to whatever God you believe in that the exclusion of ag in the CPRS becomes a permanent arrangement.

Gee...reputable scientists have also measured that approx 300 tonnes of carbon per hectare will be stored in the soil, if only the same farmers simply slashed and incorpaorated that stubble into the soil again. At the same time, there would be no micro-particle pollution through the massive amount of smoke emitted, and no health problems for neighbouring communities.

Surely to goodness, the agricultural sector must be seen as providing life sustainable resources to the world instead of as a threat to increasing carbon emissions.

I often wonder where the Global Government's best interests lie!