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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought there was a bit more reasoning behind it, it probably depends on it being a mandatory thing: pollute less or you have to pay money. It’s trying to incentivize companies to produce less pollution, since the only thing they care about is money, you have to make them “feel” pollution through money. It seems like the whole “system” probably needs some more teeth to force countries to make harder decisions and not just using it as a form of indulgences, it should be used as a fine/punishment. We’re well past the point of no return, but we should be getting more serious about this.

[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

100% - even as satire the cartoon in OP misses the mark. The only people I've seen paint carbon credits that way in the US tend to vote for the party of climate change denialism, so tend to be about as well informed and truthful as you'd expect. So it's a pretty good zinger if the person reading it doesn't actually know the intent behind carbon offsets.