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Carbon offsetting is a nonsense. Any company that uses it, is doing nothing other than buying a grant to pollute.
by time4tea 5mo ago
Carbon offsetting is a nonsense.
Any company that uses it, is doing nothing other than buying a grant to pollute.
- SpicyLemonZest 5mo agoI agree with the second sentence but I don't see how it implies the first. "Leave no trace" is a principle of outdoor recreation, not the fundamental meaning of life, and generating greenhouse gases is often necessary to produce goods and services people enjoy.
- YokoZar 5mo ago"Buying grants to pollute" is literally how cap-and-trade systems work, and they've been extremely effective at reducing pollution. We don't hear about "acid rain" anymore because of cap-and-trade of sulfur dioxide. But we don't really have cap-and-trade for carbon, so the next best thing is public pressure to be net-zero rather than literally zero.
- betaby 5mo ago> We don't hear about "acid rain" anymore Because of the de-industrialization of the West.
- Legend2440 5mo agoMore because we switched away from coal, and what coal we still use we pre-process to remove the sulfur.
- RetroTechie 5mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offsets_and_credits#Limitations_and_drawbacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offsets_and_credits#Lim...
- mono442 5mo agoa cap-and-trade system is just a tax but more complicated and less predictable
- pehtis 5mo agoAgreed. Carbon offsetting always reminds me of this old The Register article: https://www.theregister.com/2008/02/01/bofh_episode_4/ https://www.theregister.com/2008/02/01/bofh_episode_4/