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Study: Carbon offsets aren’t doing their job, overstate impact (arstechnica.com)

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Cambridge study says carbon offsets are not nearly as effective as they claim to be.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since we have no genuinely reliable public transportation infrastructure, we all still drive. And we pay the carbon tax

A carbon tax is designed to be placed on the sources of oil and then ramped up over time. If you haven't felt the carbon tax it's because the tax isn't high enough yet.

The only problem with the carbon tax is that it's going to be difficult to get people to support it. Otherwise it's the single most effective way to actually produce change across the whole economy.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's plenty of EVs with 300+ miles of range now. Shouldn't be an issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

At a certain point I guess I’d have to give up my car, which would make travel for recreation difficult

Yes. Ideally it would result in forms of recreation and travel that emit less.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What the hell are you even talking about? I literally lived in rural BC where lots of people would go to enjoy outdoor recreation. I did just fine with a non-Tesla EV, and I was not the only one. The chargers in town got lots of use.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

but if we don’t have transportation to get to these places I may as well live in London

Yes. These decisions are exactly what a carbon tax is designed to create. The people who really want to live a recreational non-urban lifestyle that is quite expensive in terms of carbon emissions are going to have to pay more to do it because that reflects the true cost of that lifestyle.

Ideally That extra expense encourages innovation in that space so that the area can become less carbon intense. Perhaps local authorities are encouraged to build trains or electric cars or some other system that lets you live your life without emitting carbon in those areas.