Pollution credit method using electronic networks
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A data processing apparatus for establishing one of a pollution offset and tax offset, for a seller using gas within gas distribution system of a home, business or the like, to bring about a reduction of known pollutants being emitted into the atmosphere associated with said seller'"'"'s home, business or the like, on a day-to-day basis or on a catastrophic basis, comprising:
- (a) a central controller including a CPU and a memory operatively connected to said CPU, (b) at least one terminal adapted for communicating with said central controller for transmitting thereto, pollution credit or tax credit information to gain a conditional pollution reduction credit (“
CPRC”
) for said seller, (c) said memory containing a program adapted to be executed by said CPU for
1) authenticating legal basis of the energy efficiency means employed against a data base of eligible energy efficiency means, (2) authenticating the eligibility of the seller against a data base of eligible sellers, (3) if the energy efficiency means relates to non-filtering of pollutants, generating a CPRC for tax credit offset purposes for said seller as a function of a seller identifier, (4) if the energy efficiency means relates to filtering of pollutants, determining the eligibility of each pollutant against a pollutant data base, (5) determining the amounts of reduction of each eligible pollutant normalized to a standard time duration;
(6) generating a CPRC for each pollutant based on (5), and (7) storing each CPRC generating at (3) and (6) as a function of a seller identifier which may include a seller'"'"'s credit card number, whereby economic incentive has been provided to said seller to bring about a substantial reduction of emission of pollutants to the atmosphere whether on a day-to-day basis or on a catastrophic basis.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for effectuating commerce in claimant-driven individual pollution credits which allows gas utility consumers to claim pollution credit when reducing their pollution levels while employing energy efficiency measures, which has value. Such reduced pollution credit is given value by a third-party, thus, individuals, government agencies and related parties, working in concert with a third-party identify the need, establish ownership, calculate the pollution credit value, and create a new market that has economic value and environmental benefit.
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1. A data processing apparatus for establishing one of a pollution offset and tax offset, for a seller using gas within gas distribution system of a home, business or the like, to bring about a reduction of known pollutants being emitted into the atmosphere associated with said seller'"'"'s home, business or the like, on a day-to-day basis or on a catastrophic basis, comprising:
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(a) a central controller including a CPU and a memory operatively connected to said CPU, (b) at least one terminal adapted for communicating with said central controller for transmitting thereto, pollution credit or tax credit information to gain a conditional pollution reduction credit (“
CPRC”
) for said seller,(c) said memory containing a program adapted to be executed by said CPU for
1) authenticating legal basis of the energy efficiency means employed against a data base of eligible energy efficiency means, (2) authenticating the eligibility of the seller against a data base of eligible sellers, (3) if the energy efficiency means relates to non-filtering of pollutants, generating a CPRC for tax credit offset purposes for said seller as a function of a seller identifier, (4) if the energy efficiency means relates to filtering of pollutants, determining the eligibility of each pollutant against a pollutant data base, (5) determining the amounts of reduction of each eligible pollutant normalized to a standard time duration;
(6) generating a CPRC for each pollutant based on (5), and (7) storing each CPRC generating at (3) and (6) as a function of a seller identifier which may include a seller'"'"'s credit card number, whereby economic incentive has been provided to said seller to bring about a substantial reduction of emission of pollutants to the atmosphere whether on a day-to-day basis or on a catastrophic basis.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for establishing one of a pollution offset and tax offset, for a seller using gas within gas distribution system of a home, business or the like, to bring about a reduction of known pollutants being emitted into the atmosphere associated with said seller'"'"'s home, business or the like, on a day-to-day basis or on a catastrophic basis, using a central controller including a CPU and a memory operatively connected to said CPU and containing a-program adapted to generate a conditional pollution reduction credit (CPRC”
- ), and at least one terminal adapted for communicating with said central controller for transmitting thereto, pollution credit or tax credit information of said seller, comprising the steps of;
(1) inputting seller type associated with a given energy efficiency means employed to the controller via the terminal, (2) authenticating eligibility of (i) by executing the program residing within the central controller, (3) if the energy efficiency means and seller type relate to non-filtering of pollutants, generating a CPRC for tax credit offset purposes for said seller as a function of a seller identifier, (4) if the energy efficiency means relates to filtering of pollutants, determining the eligibility of each pollutant against a pollutant data base, (5) determining the amounts of reduction of each eligible pollutant normalized to a standard time duration;
(6) generating a CPRC for each pollutant based on (5), and (7) storing each CPRC generating at (3) and (6) as a function of a seller identifier which may include a seller'"'"'s credit card number whereby economic incentive has been provided to said seller to bring about a substantial reduction of emission of pollutants to the atmosphere whether on a day-to-day basis or on a catastrophic basis.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- ), and at least one terminal adapted for communicating with said central controller for transmitting thereto, pollution credit or tax credit information of said seller, comprising the steps of;
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