Is it possible to buy land, plant trees and sell carbon credits? The whole carbon trading scheme is a bit confusing to me. What is it worth? How do you calculate the offsets etc.. I am from Australia if this helps. Thanks in advance for you answers.

That might help.

Apparently all that is required is that you claim to use money invested, over your operating cost, to offset carbon emissions. Your operating costs can be set to any level you want. How you offset carbon is also up to you. Pretty handy really. Any professional advertising company should be able to set up a company for you.

In fact, you do not even have to buy the land, saying you will buy the land with invested money (above operating costs) will do the job.

What you%26#039;re talking about is terrestrial sequestration. You can get carbon credits for it, but they would be very small and you would have to through a certification process.

Save your money, carbon credits is BULL! But you%26#039;re right the whole thing is a scheme, a scam, a big fat ripoff. All the carbon credit crap is snake oil that goes to Al Gore and his pals. It is not regluated and is not supervised.

It will work if you find someone stupid enough to buy green credits. There is a sucker born every minute or so the saying goes.

Hmm you just gave me an idea..simce it%26#039;s an unregulated industry...I could that since I own some land.
It will be like the old days of selling the brooklyn bridge to some idiot.