Are we being manipulated?

[stackpole]

Every year, as well as more CO2, the world has less vegetation to convert it.

Do we still have any tax breaks for planting trees?

[Ruprect]

The emporer shows his true colours. The conspiracy theorists amongst you will no doubt be sitting back smugly saying "I told you HMRC watched these boards"

[Paddy]

Every year, as well as more CO2, the world has less vegetation to convert it.

Do we still have any tax breaks for planting trees?

We should get together an organise a carbon neutral charity. We invite members to contribute a sum of money to the charity equal to the carbon they produce. The money would go towards planting trees in Brazil.

In other words we make a fortune an stash it in a Brazilin Bank and in return we stick a few seeds in the rain forest. We can even email them colour pics.

[DimPrawn]

The average UK person can offset their carbon footprint by planting 10 trees a year.

Therefore I want to receive a tax credit from Gordon Brown for every tree I plant. It's only "fair"

I'd then buy some cheap land and plant 10,000 trees and live tax free for the rest of my life.

HTH

[DaveB]

The average UK person can offset their carbon footprint by planting 10 trees a year.

Therefore I want to receive a tax credit from Gordon Brown for every tree I plant. It's only "fair"

I'd then buy some cheap land and plant 10,000 trees and live tax free for the rest of my life.

HTH

Wrong approach. You should be selling your "carbon capacity" to producers for a hefty profit! Once it's grown you harvest and sell it as biomass to your local powerstation for use as fuel.

Quick growing willow species are ideal for this.

[DimPrawn]

Once it's grown you harvest and sell it as biomass to your local powerstation for use as fuel.
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That's a bit silly isn't it? You cannot burn the trees otherwise it releases all the Carbon it has absorded back into the atmosphere, negating the whole point of trapping the carbon in the wood.

When the tree dies we have to encase them in lead and bury them in stone 5 miles below the earths surface.

[Emperor Dalek]

Do we still have any tax breaks for planting trees?

Apparently that scheme was abolished as people were planting trees just to get the tax breaks. You know there's nothing more GB hates than people using one of his schemes to take advantage of the tax breaks.

[DimPrawn]

Apparently that scheme was abolished as people were planting trees just to get the tax breaks. You know there's nothing more GB hates than people using one of his schemes to take advantage of the tax breaks.

There's nothing worse than people taking advantage of tax breaks open to them. Greedy bastards.