Whenever I hear the phrase “carbon credits” these days, my warped and twisted subconscious whispers “Pope Leo X” and “papal indulgences”.

The idea in each case being the same; obtaining a “license to sin” by paying a bribe to a temporal authority that may or may not have any actual power in the context.

My subconscious also whispers about the old Monty Python “Blackmail Show” skit. Complete with Eric Idle sitting behind the podium, smiling smarmily, and saying, “No we don’t judge, we just want the money.”

Except, of course, that this bunch does “judge”- with Western civilization in the dock, the “usual suspects” on the bench and in the jury box, and the verdict decided in advance.

Do we really want them to have the power to enforce it?

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