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Study: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impact (arstechnica.com)
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Cambridge study says carbon offsets are not nearly as effective as they claim to be.

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Offsets are a game of 3 card monte.

The carbon is still released. We'll never win.

And the dealer gets the money.

[–] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

And nothing that actively consumes co2 is added to the equation. They "preserve" something that is already there. It is literally doing nothing.