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In New Zealand, the government buys drugs from pharmeceutical companies. There is no reason why the US government cannot buy carbon offset from the free market,
by Tomminn 8y ago
In New Zealand, the government buys drugs from pharmeceutical companies. There is no reason why the US government cannot buy carbon offset from the free market, using the revenue generated from a carbon tax. There will be monitoring/inspection issues, to ensure the carbon is actually being sequestered, but this doesn't make it impossible.
- sandworm101 8y agoBecause carbon offset is a shell game. Paying people to not emit at X so that other people can emit at Y opens too many loopholes. The desire for profit by cutting corners and cheating will creep in. Emissions need to be directly curtailed. W don't need "if you want to burn, pay someone else to not burn." We need "thou shall not burn", or at lease "thou shall burn less tomorrow than thou didst yesterday."
- Tomminn 8y agoIt's not "pay someone else not to burn", it's "pay someone else to eat all the carbon you are spitting out". It would totally work, and it's the only way to get to zero emission.