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carbon offsets let businesses not invest in those things, nor invest in the r&d that would create those things. further kicking the can down the road.
by greenie_beans 5y ago
carbon offsets let businesses not invest in those things, nor invest in the r&d that would create those things. further kicking the can down the road.
- goatlover 5y agoThe have the carbon offsets go into funding r&d in cleaner tech.
- greenie_beans 5y agowait, what? the companies pay forest owners to offset carbon. so you're suggesting that forest owners fund the r&d with the money they make from selling offsets? that doesn't make much sense for a forest owner. they're already doing their part by providing a carbon sink. the responsibility is on the businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. and carbon offset credits don't incentivize the businesses to do that.
- goatlover 5y agoNo, the companies pay for the R&D as their carbon offset instead of the forest owners, if that's the concern. A fossil fuel company isn't going to reduce its carbon footprint as long as energy demands need to be met by fossil fuels.
- greenie_beans 5y agoyeah that would make more sense.