Talk:European Union Emission Trading Scheme
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[edit] Caps?
meaningless number --CorvetteZ51 12:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
After reading this article, I get the impression that is was written by an Ecofys employee! Although it's succinct and informative, the number of times the name "Ecofys" appears (especially in the "Environmental Consequenses" section), makes it tend to read as if its an extended advert for the company. Surely the point of links within an article is to avoid the needless repetition of associated authors or companies? I also understand that Wikipedia is not supposed to be a platform for advertising private businesses. Either Ecofys should confine themselves to a single reference (preferably in the footnotes) or they should take the effort to provide a less biased article by:
(i) referring to more than one commercial player in the EUETS (e.g ERM, Enviros, PointCarbon, Capital Carbon Markets, Cantor Fitzgerald etc.);
(ii) referring to major governmental organisations, such as Defra in the UK or VROM in the Netherlands, which are, after all, responsible for establishing the NAPS. --Specul8 13:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- I was the one who wrote the two references to ECOFYS studies in the article, and I am in no way affiliated with ECOFYS nor any other organization mentioned in this article. It so happens that ECOFYS has written several key ETS reports and reviews on important aspects of ETS functioning, and I try to follow common practise of crediting the author, which also offers the reader some chance of assessing the credibility of the work. You're free to remove any references that may be unnecessary. Other companies you mention have also written on ETS, but to my knowledge generally not on environmental effectiveness issues. Besides, some of those you mention have conflicts of interest that makes them unsuited for such a review. That said, anybody is more than welcome to add references to more important works, if available, including on other issues of general interest than what is now included.Jens Nielsen 17:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] General Readability
Assuming the purpose of the Wiki is to make important matters like this accessbile to the widest possible audience, I think contributors need to consistently write with an explanatory purpose. I'm trying to understand how this trading of emissions credits occurs and what effects change the prices of credits. I'd like to look at an example of how a country creates its National Allocation Plan, resulting in credits to be traded. I fear that the whole system of trading simply becomes a way to make carbon reductions an abstract mystery, allowing a lot of questionable credits and trading practices. But I need to understand more and look to a source like Wikipedia to provide clarity in such a complex topic.
kdraayer
- ETS is an abstract and complex issue, and I share your concern, but please try to refer to the text that needs improvement. Jens Nielsen 17:16, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
