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I have been taking the same approach until I discovered that offsets for flights are pretty much the scam of the century. I'm on mobile right now, but let me kn

I have been taking the same approach until I discovered that offsets for flights are pretty much the scam of the century. I'm on mobile right now, but let me know if you want to read something about that later.

throwaway_5753 3y ago
Would like to read more! I don't buy because I assumed they were a scam but haven't been able to find much hard evidence of that.
- constantcrying 3y ago
  What do you think CO2 offsets look like? As in, what is done with your money?
- juujian 3y ago
  Here is something from the popular press: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/buying-carbon-offsets-for-your-flight-doesnt-help/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/buying-carbon-off... Here is something academic on the aviation industry specifically (though I find their work a bit incomplete, because they don't address that the overall scheme is flawed, even where communication is accurate):https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261517721001497 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02615... Here is an assessment of carbon offsets by a certifier themselves. They hold that 30% of their offsets are "high quality". The assessment is in response to an investigation by the Guardian which found that 94% of offsets don't hold much weight: https://www.sylvera.com/blog/guardian-offsets-response https://www.sylvera.com/blog/guardian-offsets-response And finally, my favorite, but wordy. Because I need to see things "in action" to believe them. Here is an in-depth example of an offset project. Tldr: in that specific case, it's accounting magic. You build a model that predicts growing emissions in the future, so by just keeping emissions stable you can claim emission offsets: https://sci-hub.se/10.1057/s41265-016-0024-4 https://sci-hub.se/10.1057/s41265-016-0024-4 If you have any kind of reaction, or thoughts, let me know. This is part of my day-to-day work, so I am always curious to learn how to communicate things.
sporkland 3y ago
I've been paying climeworks.

throwaway_5753 3y ago

Would like to read more! I don't buy because I assumed they were a scam but haven't been able to find much hard evidence of that.

constantcrying 3y ago
What do you think CO2 offsets look like? As in, what is done with your money?
juujian 3y ago
Here is something from the popular press: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/buying-carbon-offsets-for-your-flight-doesnt-help/ https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/buying-carbon-off... Here is something academic on the aviation industry specifically (though I find their work a bit incomplete, because they don't address that the overall scheme is flawed, even where communication is accurate):https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0261517721001497 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S02615... Here is an assessment of carbon offsets by a certifier themselves. They hold that 30% of their offsets are "high quality". The assessment is in response to an investigation by the Guardian which found that 94% of offsets don't hold much weight: https://www.sylvera.com/blog/guardian-offsets-response https://www.sylvera.com/blog/guardian-offsets-response And finally, my favorite, but wordy. Because I need to see things "in action" to believe them. Here is an in-depth example of an offset project. Tldr: in that specific case, it's accounting magic. You build a model that predicts growing emissions in the future, so by just keeping emissions stable you can claim emission offsets: https://sci-hub.se/10.1057/s41265-016-0024-4 https://sci-hub.se/10.1057/s41265-016-0024-4 If you have any kind of reaction, or thoughts, let me know. This is part of my day-to-day work, so I am always curious to learn how to communicate things.

sporkland 3y ago

I've been paying climeworks.