• TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    Carbon capture, Carbon footprint, Carbon offsetting…

    All things invented by oil and gas corporations to greenwash themselves in the public eye while they destroy the planet.

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      11 months ago

      Good old offsetting.

      Where it’s OK to cheat on your wife, as long as you slip 5 quid to a guy in another country, and he’ll tell you he’s stayed celibate.

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        11 months ago

        That metaphor doesn’t apply. CO2 in the atmosphere is fungible. Taking a gram out after putting a gram in works out to zero.

        Where it’s a problem is that they aren’t actually taking a gram out. Regulatory oversight is little to nothing. That has allowed companies to pay a token amount into offset programs and pretend the problem is solved. What they’re paying is far too cheap to accomplish what they claim.