• Deceptichum@quokk.au
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      7 days ago

      As is recycling and most other greenwashed bandages they drape over the biggest impending disaster in history.

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      8 days ago

      Some are, some aren’t. The scientific community recognizes offsets in the form of financing the construction or maintenance of alternative energy systems. You can run a legitimately carbon neutral business with this model.

      • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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        The problem is that something like 90% of the offsets are fake like this, and of the remaining ones, another 90% have a mismatch between how long gases emitted raise atmospheric concentrations and how long the offset lowers them for.