I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to explain it

Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by sudosysgen on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:35AM (#30989347)

The essential part of a long-term, low carbon future is to drastically reduce car use. After that wether it's an EV or an ethanol fueled ICE is really secondary.

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Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by cassandratt on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:44AM (#30989494)

This isn't very well thought out, where do you live?

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Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by cowmoo728 on Monday April 11, 2022 @11:28AM (#30990135)

From many people's viewpoints, it is not very well thought out to subsidize the use of 3-ton single occupancy vehicles that require massive amounts of energy to manufacture and massive amounts of energy to move. At the very least there should be far higher licensing taxes, congestion charges, road wear taxes, enormous gas taxes, etc.

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Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by generalenvelope on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:31PM (#30992111)

I think people don't realize just how bad car dependence is for their own communities. notjustbikes has many good videos on the topic, such as:

Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qyyrTeI

Why American Cities Are Broke - The Growth Ponzi Scheme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsMeKl-Sv0

The Ugly, Dangerous, and Inefficient Stroads found all over the US & Canada:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORzNZUeUHAM

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Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by cassandratt on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @01:40PM (#31005885)

We understand. What are we supposed to do, sell our houses and move to a condo downtown? Whose going to buy them, and where the fuck are we going to get the resources to house that many people without a massive energy/resource exploitation. So "no cars" is childish and naive.

Awareness isn't the issue, but awareness of an issue we have no control over does nothing of value to anyone other than add anxiety.

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Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by lm28469 on Monday April 11, 2022 @10:49AM (#30989582)

We spread too much thanks to unsustainable technologies/ideologies and now that we're facing the consequences our excuse is "how will we continue living unsustainably"

Same answer as people who built cities in the middle of fucking deserts and complain about potential lack of water: you don't

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Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by cassandratt on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @01:28PM (#31005701)

This is even worse thought out, and really demonstrates a real lack of understanding of how the world works. Oh how humans work. You're one of us, and equally complicit as any human live today. So, maybe, rather than being this unearned smugness, you come up with an answer. Any idiot can identify the challenges, and shit on something.

Las Vegas exists, as do many other desert cities. So, this point makes no sense. Humans, harness the physics of the world around us, to shape our futures.

The problem isn't cars, it's capitalism.

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