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That claim was true more than 10 years ago. Responding to the hypocrisy claims he's travelled Southwest for a long time & buys offset credits when he does. Tha
by kasey_junk 9y ago
That claim was true more than 10 years ago. Responding to the hypocrisy claims he's travelled Southwest for a long time & buys offset credits when he does.
That Trump was able to bring that back as if it were currently true is pretty clearly an example of the manipulation talked about in this article.
- humanrebar 9y agoAren't offset credits themselves a form of manipulation? Compared to being a solution, it seems just as likely to me that they're a cultural placebo.
- kasey_junk 9y agoI think economists have mixed views. It seems though that the only way to change the market behaviors is to externalize the climate costs & credits are one way to do that. In any case, based on his current behavior & the current market, dismissing Gore based on the private jet thing seems misguided, but there are lots of very powerful forces aligned to do just that.
- ac29 9y agoOffset programs do fund impactful projects. You can take a took here [0] at one company who funds these sort of things and what they do with the money. Not all of them are carbon-offset programs, but many are. Capturing landfill gas emissions, or reforestation projects are definitely not placebos. [0] https://www.naturalcapitalpartners.com/projects https://www.naturalcapitalpartners.com/projects
- humanrebar 9y agoThe point is whether they actually offset the emissions enough, not whether there's any effect at all. If they only have a marginal effect but provide the feeling of a solution, it could get in the way of a more profound but more difficult solution.