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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by Gigachad on Sunday August 07, 2022 @09:42PM (#32381684)
Bring it in to general government income and reduce other taxes by the amount it took in.

Can set it up so the average person is unaffected. The eco conscious consumer ends up richer. And the over consumers end up poorer.

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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by imtringued on Monday August 08, 2022 @07:03AM (#32384157)
No that would just make poor people poorer and rich people richer because you are increasing taxes on the poor while decreasing taxes on the rich.
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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by Gigachad on Monday August 08, 2022 @07:01PM (#32392189)
Why? I haven't even written out a full proposal so you can't know that. It's quite easy to think of some schemes which work the other way. The rich are the largest consumers of useless crap.
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