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Carbon Offsets! Can't we just buy our way out of climate change?

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What it is

Climate Town's comedic explainer on carbon offsets and whether companies can buy their way out of climate change. It argues that offsets won't save us, while granting they are not bad in principle.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN shares it as an entertaining, well-argued critique of carbon offsetting in threads on greenwashing.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Carbon offsets are a scam”

    Argues carbon offsets are a scam.

    baxuz, 2022-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Launch HN: Bend (YC S22) – Automatically measure your company's carbon footprint”

  2. “i'm taking the chance to share some content by people that present their points of view on this issue much better than i do”

    Presents critical views on carbon offsetting better than commenter.

    rmvt, 2023-02 · Recommendation · in “Vestas unveils solution to end landfill disposal for wind turbine blades”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: carbon offsets, greenwashing, climate change, climate town, comedy

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