What is “Cap and Trade” anyway?

Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff” video is something I recommend to everyone who’s even on the faintest verge of stepping onto the greenpath…

She also put out a little video about Cap and Trade –a pair of words I’ve heard thrown around a lot but not quite understood.  I watched her video, thought, “wow, okay, I maybe sort of get it now,” and felt very happy.

Then I ran across a couple of scathing critiques of that same little video–Dave Roberts in Grist takes it on, as does Eric LaPlace at Sightline Daily.  (He then does it again here and actualy catalogues some of the errors he finds in it.)

I’m not going to tell everyone what to think, what or whom to believe…but I would suggest that reading both sides of the question is a good thing.

(and for the record…I tend to think Machiavelli had a point…so I’m inclined to pay attention to Annie, but still agree more with her critics.)