02-03-2023, 04:27 AM
(02-03-2023, 12:39 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:im wary of carbon offset.
To me its throwing money at pretending to be environmentally friendly. Sure, its supposed to go to green initiatives but does it actually or does it fuel profits?
100%.
Money can get you far in life.
To steal a large chunk of cynicism from LP.
Businesses are better of paying for carbon offsets rather than change anything they are doing.
I'd hazard a guess that not only is it cheaper to handover cash than to change the way they do things (machinery, factory setups, transportation etc etc etc) but it would probably give them a nice tax break in the process by reducing their profit margins, as well as 'donating' to the environment....which in turn gives them a nice gold star with investors and what not.
There is very little incentive for them to move away from what they are actually doing. Its potentially more beneficial to keep the status quo.
Propaganda!