stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 1 year agoStudy: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impactarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down2·1 year agoOffsets are a game of 3 card monte. The carbon is still released. We’ll never win. And the dealer gets the money.
minus-squareZeth0s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoAnd nothing that actively consumes co2 is added to the equation. They “preserve” something that is already there. It is literally doing nothing.
Offsets are a game of 3 card monte.
The carbon is still released. We’ll never win.
And the dealer gets the money.
And nothing that actively consumes co2 is added to the equation. They “preserve” something that is already there. It is literally doing nothing.