http://www.stakeholderforum.org/fileadmi....

The U.N. are mooting the idea of using carbon as a (world reserve) currency and potential solution to the world's economic woes. This was ealier proposed here in England by Ed Milliband, now leader of the opposition. This is due to be discussed at the upcomming earth summit in Rio.

Of course, this presupposes that carbon dioxide is a pressing environmental concern. The document's well worth a read, with gems such as:

"The reduction of both the financial and ecological imbalances would take place through the transfer of convertible currencies from CO2 debtor countries in the North to CO2 creditor countries in the South and from financial debtor countries in the South to financial creditor countries in the North."

"the international community now would democratically determine the amount and quality of financing rather than being beholden to the vicissitudes of financial markets, financial black havens, and profit making privately-owned banking systems with their almost exclusive focus on the financial bottom line with the exclusion of the environmental and community bottom lines"

The Green monster looms, his shadow streching into our future...