Almost all carbon credits are a scam.
There is an answer: just tax CO2 emissions. Like, a lot. The problem is that it will take a foundational shift in US politics for that to be an acceptable answer, and we don’t have time (negative time more or less) to do that. And so, a whole fuck of a lot of people are going to die and a fuck of a lot of the planet is going to become unlivable. Like, not that long from now.
I’m a big fan of reform over pure punishment…
But I’ve already got a guillotine ready, these fucks are past reform or repayment, and just need to be disposed of, in an environmentally friendly way.
Nobody calls a surgeon a “butcher” for “disfiguring” a person when they cut away diseased, cancerous flesh.
Carbon offsetting is a greenwashing scam. You can claim to have done something without actually having to have done someting. Last Week Tonight covered this topic in one of their episodes.
Another important facet to that scam that isn’t been discussed too much: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1809859768388854139.html
