Do any of you pay for carbon offsets? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by SkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Of course, it's better to emit less carbon, and support systems and policies that emit less carbon. That said, carbon emission is unavoidable, and I'd like to minimize that portion of my impact as much as possible.

I am definitely willing to pay to offset my carbon usage, but I'm under the impression that this is mostly a scam. Does anyone use these services? If so, can you tell me what reasoning or sources you used that satisfied you that the service your chose isn't a scam?

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[-] Nighed@sffa.community 7 points 1 year ago

Im going to piggy back off this - does anyone know of any reputable carbon capture schemes?

It seems like removing carbon directly should be completely measurable and auditable so we can be sure it's actually having an impact?

In answer to the post - offsets are a scam, even the well intentioned ones often have side effects and the market is set up such that the bad ones get all the money.

[-] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I don't think so. There even was an operating one in Saskatchewan Canada, but all it did was send the CO2 through a pipe across the US border for more oil extraction.

So... worse than doing nothing. 👌

Its not currently operating because even that was too expensive to justify.

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