Carbon credits are bullshit, just like additional 10 cents for a plastic shopping bag at grocery stores. Consumers will easily swallow the costs and things will

Carbon credits are bullshit, just like additional 10 cents for a plastic shopping bag at grocery stores. Consumers will easily swallow the costs and things will continue as usual, unless of course, carbon credits are actually used towards initiatives that move the entire planet towards sustainability. A decade ago, you could buy these credits to offset your own carbon footprint with the promise that they would be used to support reforestation efforts across the globe. Years later I found out through a friend who would help charities that received those credits, that they would definitely plant trees, but the number advertised on the credits and the actual trees planted were different. Also, no one would take care of the trees for long and only few would survive.