stopthatgirl7 to Technology@lemmy.world • 11 months agoStudy: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impactarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1633file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyclimate@kbin.social
arrow-up1633external-linkStudy: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impactarstechnica.comstopthatgirl7 to Technology@lemmy.world • 11 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyclimate@kbin.social
minus-squaremasterofn001linkfedilinkEnglish47•11 months agoOffsets are a game of 3 card monte. The carbon is still released. We’ll never win. And the dealer gets the money.
minus-square@Zeth0s@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish14•11 months 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.