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Carbon offsets are a lie that is "worse than doing nothing"[1]. They "don’t actually cancel out – er, offset – the emissions to which they are linked".[2] Inste
by leereeves 4y ago
Carbon offsets are a lie that is "worse than doing nothing"[1]. They "don’t actually cancel out – er, offset – the emissions to which they are linked".[2] Instead, they greenwash additional emissions.
1: https://www.nature.com/articles/484007a https://www.nature.com/articles/484007a
2: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/the-biggest-problem-with-carbon-offsetting-is-that-it-doesnt-really-work/ https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/the-biggest-problem-with-...
- credit_guy 4y agoMaybe so. But on the other hand, maybe whatever Bill Gates does, he would still be guilty in your eyes.
- leereeves 4y agoI'd give him credit if he actually did reduce his emissions down to that of an average American.