Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero
by robertlagrant on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:25AM
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He's saying when companies buy carbon offsets, they're potentially just giving money to people who would've planted the trees anyway.
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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero
by throwaway894345 on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:30AM
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Right, but (1) there's no evidence to support this, the whole point of offset certification is to prevent this sort of fraud and (2) there are lots of more effective carbon offset initiatives than planting trees, so of course we shouldn't expect to see massive new EasyJet forests.