> If I emit a ton and pay credits to offset a ton, a ton is still out there The basic idea is to allow companies to ramp down their emissions by releasing fewe

> If I emit a ton and pay credits to offset a ton, a ton is still out there The basic idea is to allow companies to ramp down their emissions by releasing fewer credits each year. I could see a compromise being that one carbon credit is worth a tonne of carbon emissions, but two tonnes of sequestered carbon. So companies would have to pay for the removal of some factor of what they produce.