Capital Flow Based Emission Control Mechanism

Inventing a “capital-flow-based emission control mechanism”

---Vo Viet Anh, Japan--vovietanh@gmail.com Introduction

‗Capital-flow-based emission control mechanism‘ is my on-going individual research. Based on an observation that ―just like moving election bears electricity, moving capital bears emission,‖ I try to introduce a new approach to emission mitigation by wealth redistribution, imposing relative control on capital flowing in and out of different populations, divided by economic strata, on the grounds that there are populations emitting more than others. My view is similar to that of Thomas L. Friedman about ―bad lenders‖ and ―bad borrowers‖ in The Lexus and The Olive Tree (2000), which is ―the two biggest threats of today‘s global financial system—[financial crises] trigged by ―bad lenders‖ and [political crises] trigged by ―bad borrowers.‖ Likewise, among the biggest threats to today‘s global environmental system are crises trigged by ―bad spenders,‖ who make the most emission out of their expense, and ―bad producers,‖ who make the most emission out of their income. Based on a observation that most contemporary global initiatives are meant to deal with ―bad producers,‖ I dedicate my research to tackling ―bad spenders,‖ divesting them of the capital which they otherwise spend to create excess emission. There are three steps. First, break down and regroup countries into relatively self-contained regions which are accountable for their amount of emission and capital flow, and then, based on the size of each region, further break them down into population units by economic strata, and then identify the bad spenders. Second, synthesize data on, for each region, its companies‘ employees, clients, and supplier network in accordance with the economic stratum they belong to, and then sketch a capital flow map of the region‘s industries made up by those companies. The map should show all directions of capital flowing through each industry from which and to which...