Cookstove carbon offsets overstate climate benefit by 1,000%, study finds by michaelrch Tags:Environment 2 comments Yes. Offsets are bs. No, they really are. Really. Stop buying them. Stop behaving like they fix anything. In 20 years people will look back on offsets the way we look back on pyramid selling and Enron. Okay, but the main benefit of these initiatives isn’t the carbon offset, but the prevention of ancient forests being felled for charcoal. Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Yes. Offsets are bs. No, they really are. Really. Stop buying them. Stop behaving like they fix anything. In 20 years people will look back on offsets the way we look back on pyramid selling and Enron.
Okay, but the main benefit of these initiatives isn’t the carbon offset, but the prevention of ancient forests being felled for charcoal.
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Yes. Offsets are bs.
No, they really are.
Really.
Stop buying them.
Stop behaving like they fix anything.
In 20 years people will look back on offsets the way we look back on pyramid selling and Enron.
Okay, but the main benefit of these initiatives isn’t the carbon offset, but the prevention of ancient forests being felled for charcoal.