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Is buying carbon offsets really doing anything or just making us feel better?
Does anyone have proof one way or the other?
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olivia_bailey1mo ago
Are you sure any of them actually check up on their promises?
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the_rowan1mo ago
Why would anyone think buying offsets actually works? The whole system is a joke. A flight from New York to London produces about 2 tons of CO2. If I pay $20 to some company promising to plant trees, how do I know those trees survive or even get planted? Half those offsets are probably scams or projects that would have happened anyway. You're basically paying someone to maybe do something vague while you keep flying guilt-free. Show me a single verifiable ton of CO2 that was actually removed because of a consumer offset purchase.
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piper_reed1mo ago
Oh man, @olivia_bailey I had a buddy who paid for offsets and later found out the trees were planted on a golf course.
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