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Study: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impact
(arstechnica.com)
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Murder offsets:
I'm allowed to murder this guy because I opened a fertility clinic which is responsible for 20 new lives!
Carbon offsets are just as ridiculous.
Made me laugh, but strictly speaking, CO2 is fungible (interchangeable), but human lives aren't.
Depends on your values.