• Paul de Ferney
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    18 months ago

    @KISSmyOS @rickdg if realistic, that would offset on average 1 ton of co2e, so at that rate it would only cost $150 per year per person in the US to render the US carbon neutral.

    You know, if the deal on offer from politicians was “pay $150 a year and we’ll stop climate change in its tracks” I’d go for it in a heartbeat.

    Why do I suspect it costs rather more than $10 to *really* offset 1T of CO2e? :blobcatsadpats:

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      28 months ago

      How does paying extra money offset the carbon you’ve produced? That’s still producing carbon and now paying someone. What do they do? How do they reduce carbon to offset your footprint?

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      28 months ago

      if the deal on offer from politicians was “pay $150 a year and we’ll stop climate change in its tracks”

      About 70% of the population would be against that, is my guess.