Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave off climate change

Re:Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave ... by djdjdjdjdj on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:50PM (#27079460)

I'm very curious how this will look like.

I paid my co2 for 2 people from and back Germany Japan.

200$

That's nothing.

Will this create a hard barrier or do I need to stop flyibg?

Will we all accept to fly less? And consume much less?

Somehow I doubt it and will prepare myself the worst

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Re:Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave ... by kaybe on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:55PM (#27079512)

Until the payment actually leads to the carbon being captured and stored again (or the kerosine is from renewable sources) nothing much is won.

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Re:Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave ... by tunesmith on Saturday May 08, 2021 @04:52AM (#27085202)

There are plenty of organizations that track this and make sure the advertised offsets are not wasteful in this manner.

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Re:Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave ... by xnx on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:03PM (#27079631)

This is key. Carbon has to get out of the air and go back in the ground.

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Re:Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave ... by amelius on Friday May 07, 2021 @04:10PM (#27080343)

How is the carbon tax rate derived then?

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Re:Global rich must cut their carbon footprint 97% to stave ... by fredophile on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:46PM (#27082099)

When it comes to flying many people will choose worse service or worse flight times if they get a lower price. $100 per ticket can make a big difference in a price sensitive industry.

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