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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by marginalia_nu on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:45PM (#32381984)
> But no one is going to keep those commitments, few if any countries are even close, and many are not even on any real path.

The effects get harder and harder to ignore with each summer that passes. It's easy to dismiss a hypothetical future scenario, harder to miss noticing 45 C heatwaves.

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Re:Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing by tsimionescu on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:37AM (#32383169)
Sure, but unfortunately that also means that people will tend to spend more energy to actually live comfortably with those conditions...
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