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While I appreciate the irony of this comment, you actually have a point. I would love the ability to personally sponsor the energy transition. Privately subsidi
by bloppe 4y ago
While I appreciate the irony of this comment, you actually have a point. I would love the ability to personally sponsor the energy transition. Privately subsidized renewable energy projects could be a game changer. Anybody here done much research into this?
Again, I think planting Icelandic trees is awesome! Just since OP specifically mentioned "offset my carbon emissions" I thought I'd shill one of my favorite ways of doing that :)
- User23 4y agoI'm sure you'd have no trouble getting people to let you pay for their solar install and buy them an electric vehicle.
- krallja 4y agoDuke Energy’s “Shared Solar” in North Carolina USA is one such community-funded system https://www.duke-energy.com/home/products/renewable-energy/nc-shared-solar https://www.duke-energy.com/home/products/renewable-energy/n...
- melling 4y agoYes, losing the rainforest is a serious problem and it doesn’t seem to be improving. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/19/deforestation-in-brazils-amazon-rainforest-hits-15-year-high.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/19/deforestation-in-brazils-ama... Isn’t the land being destroyed so people can have more meat, palm oil, etc. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/03/09/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-beef/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2022/03/09/... What are organizations doing to improve the situation? Fighting consumer demand is difficult
- otikik 4y agoI also find it hypocritical. My ancestors on my “civilised” country uprooted an tore down all the trees and forests, most of the countryside is farmland. And now that we have destroyed our forests we go “no no, preserve the rainforests”… so we can keep planting wheat?