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If they did this illegally, what will be the consequences?
Let them plant trees at a CO2 consuming equivalence level, I.e. if they plant younger trees, they have to plant more.
At this point, why not? Literally: who is going to stop them? Gonna fine them the equivalent of $0.00001? Say goodbye to your trees.
The law has proven toothless against the world’s greatest criminals. So, now what?
That's because big businesses are hugely protected in multiple ways.
First of all, if you or even your government opens a case against them, they will have large and talented legal teams capable of shutting down or at the very least delaying indefinitely most cases against them. Second of all, they are usually huge lobbyists for all major parties in most countries they operate in. That is, they are effectively able to buy access to legislation and protection against them. But third, and the final protection is that even if a case is opened against them, even if it has criminal ramifications with jail time, they will use one of the following to ensure those at the top stay safe. 1: You cannot prosecute a company beyond fines. Fines to a rich company just become a new line in their COGS report. 2: If they are pushed to find someone to prosecute, they will find some operational level sacrificial lamb to throw under the bus. "The buck stops here" doesn't mean at the top. It means at anyone they can sucker into taking the fall.
So, why should they care? What can any of us do about it?
Luigi