German coal consumption jumped 3.5 percent in January as colder weather increased demand, boosting emissions of greenhouse gases in Europe's biggest economy, government statistics show.
Electricity generated by burning hard coal and lignite climbed to 24.35 terawatt-hours from 23.52 terawatt-hours in the same month a year earlier, according to the state statistics office, whose January data is the latest available.
Coal burning expanded to meet higher demand for heating as temperatures in Berlin fell an average 2.3 degrees Celsius below those a year earlier. The price of December carbon dioxide emission permits averaged 21.99 euros ($34.09) a metric ton in the month, according to the European Climate Exchange in London. That's more than five times the 3.85 euro price of December 2007 permits a year earlier....MORE
Got that?
The Carbon Cartel has a set-up whereby the colder it is, the more the rate payers and tax-payers have to pony up to buy carbon credits to fight global warming.
Pure genius.
We were trying to point this out last November in two separate posts:
I laughed out loud at this headline....
Some Perversities of the Carbon Market, And the Developing Giants Score Big
I thought I should point out something from a link we posted yesterday.In India's carbon credit market set to take-off:
A severe winter in Europe this year will mean business worth millions of dollars for Indian companies. Surprised? Welcome to the global trade in carbon credits.Got that?
If the computer models turn out to be wrong and Europe doesn't experience warming, they will have to pay higher utility bills, so the utilities, in turn, can pay India and China to offset the carbon emissions from higher fuel use.
Talk about your unintended (I hope) consequences.
