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Carbon Offsets: Why They Won't Solve Climate Change

Climate Town · Commentary · 11 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Carbon Offsets! Can't we just buy our way out of climate change?
Why it's here

HN shares it as an entertaining, well-argued critique of carbon offsetting in threads on greenwashing.

What it covers

Climate Town's comedic explainer on carbon offsets and whether companies can buy their way out of climate change. It argues that offsets won't save us, while granting they are not bad in principle.