Re:Decrement carbon: Stripe's negative emissions commitment
by esotericn on Thursday August 15, 2019 @07:39PM
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Right. US per capita is ~16 tons, UK is ~7.
So at least ten times that figure.
Agree with the rest of your post.
Re:Decrement carbon: Stripe's negative emissions commitment
by reitzensteinm on Thursday August 15, 2019 @07:48PM
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Their pitch is offsetting travel emissions, not all emissions.
The mean emissions of those willing to spend 600 EUR/year to offset their travel are going to be at least an order of magnitude higher. You're better off feeling guilty and reducing your travel by 10% (in terms of personal emissions).
I do admit it's tricky, because if everybody is scared off by the true price tag (my lifetime emissions as an Australian would easily be $500k), the technology will never get a chance to get economy of scale and lower prices. That's really what you're paying for when you sign up for the plan.