Money talks, chop, chop, chop

So here's a novel idea - pay us to not chop down the rainforest. Great idea in principle. It's easy to take money today and do the right thing. The problem arises when the next recession bites or demand gets so great that prices become too good to ignore. If the government is in trouble and can't balance it's books or needs a boost to it's coffers or gets a different leader who has pals in business (nudge nudge bush bush) then the temptation may be too great. When it's convenient money will talk and exploitation will set in. I remain a sceptic - we need a fundamental change in the rules of business and in the attitudes and expectations of people who are trapped in the vicious cycle that ever increasing growth demands.