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 bryanlarsen on Monday April 11, 2022 @11:06AM (#30989823)

> only post-pone 4 degrees temperature rise by 50 years or so.

This sounds awesome. How is this an argument against?

I don't understand the substitutability argument. Yes, we need to spend a lot of effort making non-carbon mechanisms to substitute for carbon mechanism. To do that, we need an incentive for this research. The carbon tax is a good incentive.

Carbon tax is also politically neutral -- it doesn't care whether you substitute with nuclear, carbon capture or something prettier.

Got any more arguments for a carbon tax disguised as arguments against it?

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Re:I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried to expla... by imtringued on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:12AM (#31000279)

>This sounds awesome. How is this an argument against?

It isn't. I'm sure you could think of some voodoo remedy that increases temperatures faster than if you did nothing.

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