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"Microsoft made 90% of all carbon removal purchases worldwide last year [2025]... and between 79-90% of all historic carbon removal purchases"

• kazinator 6mo ago
  I.e. they suddenly realized they are the only ones holding up the scam, and are pulling out the rug.
  • smcin 6mo ago
    I never called it a scam. I think it's commendable for a huge corporation building lots of data centers to (partially) offset that impact. Amazon, Oracle and others aren't. It's unhealthy for a single company to be most of the market. Can you point to a factual source for claiming it's a scam? If India and China aren't signatory to climate treaties, should there be no collective action?
    • estimator7292 6mo ago
      Carbon credits are a scam. We quite simply don't have the technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere. The technology we do have is so incredibly inefficient and energy intensive that you end up burning more carbon generating the power to remove the carbon you're paid for. If this were a feasible route, everyone would be pouring billions into the venture and they'd have more than one customer. Carbon credits are and have always been pure grift and nothing more.
      • JackSlateur 6mo ago
        We do have that tech It is called "trees"
  • cyanydeez 6mo ago
    i.e. they realized benefits to the environment out weigh the ability to make money