I do not support feel good carbon credits. That crap has been used by soccer moms and the like to "feel good" about driving an SUV that ought to be outlawed just as much due to its risk to smaller cars than to its huge impact on CO2 levels.
A better type of carbon credit is investment carbon credits.
And I mean grocery stores in the US west. You see when a grocery store can gain solar without paying for the equipment they get to keep the "green points" (Saying "We are green! Shop at us!") while buying the energy from the panels instead of paying off the loan to do it themselves. This model works because it solves the issue of gaining land (Which can be quite expensive and you have to run environmental studies for large projects) And gives an incentive for participating.
I would love to have more fission. However I am not dumb enough to think it can pass through the political system. Not to mention that the industry is being investigated over ballooning costs.
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