Asking them, along with the rest of the developing world, to go back to 2000 emission levels with a 2050 population would mean putting them on a very drastic energy diet.

FORBES: Uncommon Sense

Each and every dime of emission allowances granted will flow directly back to customers, not shareholders.

ECONOMIST: Capping, not taxing

But in the meantime, there is evidence that factories are ramping up production of HFC-22 in order to boost emissions of HFC-23, so that they can make windfall profits from cutting back on HFC-23 later and selling the emission-reduction credits, says Michael Wara of Stanford University.

ECONOMIST: The treaties that pay you to pollute