The purpose of bartering is the same as the reason why we use of money: develop economy and exchange. Before deciding the means, we should consider pros and cons of both possibilities. The carbon finance does not achieve the worldwide market required for the full efficiency of the Kyoto protocol. The largest market has been settled in Europe, works rather well but is limited to the Euro zone. India, China and USA will be determinant. The "multigas" strategy recently recommended by the IPCC seems an other difficulty the carbon finance cannot solve. The reasons of this situation are far from clear for me, but this is a fact.
Now, we use to say that arranging mutually convenient swap is the difficulty of barter. I do not believe it, and you will see by reading this: http://60gp.ovh.net/~danselav/blogob/ that the difficulty can be solved with computers. Barter also makes the distinction between two behaviors confused by using the same word "speculation". It is like microbes: some are healthy and other parasitic. I wonder if the reason of the difficulties of the carbon finance is primarily it's incapacity to make the distinction. Barter also implements the multigas strategy very naturally, considering each gas spices as different measurable commodities. On an international scale, pros and cons are in favor of barter if you admit barter can be organized using computers. I present you a piece of evidence we can do it. It is openBarter. Olivier On Dec 4, 6:17 am, James Annan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > olivier ch wrote: > > I would appreciate your comments on this market place model. > > If it was used to regulate the ecologic economy, it would make it > > independant of any possible financial crisis. > > Is this the only purpose of the bartering? It seems to me that money was > developed (and is used) primarily to avoid the difficulties of arranging > mutually convenient swaps. > > James --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
