| Cerebralbore101 said: I'm so thankful you are in this thread. Always funny to see someone that spends a lot of time on a subject absolutely demolish BS related to that subject. |
As you said:
"The above article is a prime example of trying to blame consumers for pollution when in truth it is done by billion dollar corporations."
It's the same misdirection tactic with wealth 'distribution' and income disparity, blame the immigrants and social security...
Help the environment by eating less meat, drive less, combine your shopping trips / online orders, walk or bike for small errands, vacation locally (Worldwide holiday travel is responsible for approximately 8% of global carbon emissions) and vote for (actual) green policies. (Not carbon offset scams)
Misdirection from carbon scams:
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe
Investigation into Verra carbon standard finds most are ‘phantom credits’ and may worsen global heating.
The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading certifier and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations are largely worthless and could make global heating worse, according to a new investigation.
The research into Verra, the world’s leading carbon standard for the rapidly growing $2bn (£1.6bn) voluntary offsets market, has found that, based on analysis of a significant percentage of the projects, more than 90% of their rainforest offset credits – among the most commonly used by companies – are likely to be “phantom credits” and do not represent genuine carbon reductions.
Carbon fraud is on the rise—but so is the regulatory counteroffensive
https://www.aoshearman.com/en/insights/carbon-fraud-is-on-the-rise
Due to rising pressure to meet net-zero targets, both through legislation as well as through public opinion, carbon trading and carbon markets have grown significantly. At the same time, reports of non-compliant behavior have increased. There are numerous factors that make both compliance and voluntary markets particularly vulnerable to abuse.
Firstly, purchasers have limited insight into the reduction procedures and verification processes may be inadequate. Typical cases include “ghost credits”, which refer to carbon reductions that are entirely made up. Closely related to this are cases of overstated impact, where the amount of carbon offset by these projects is exaggerated. Another example is double counting, which occurs when a carbon reduction is claimed multiple times or by multiple parties, e.g. by using the same credit in different trading schemes and/or in different jurisdictions.
Oh and I doubt all the forest fires are subtracted from Carbon offset claims...
In 2024, forest fires contributed to a significant increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, with global fire emissions totaling over 8 billion tonnes CO2. A major factor was the unprecedented Amazon fires, which released approximately 791 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to Germany's annual emissions and a sevenfold increase from the previous two years. Other regions like Canada also experienced severe fire activity. The Canadian wildfires released more carbon in the first five months of the season than Russia or Japan emitted from fossil fuels in all of 2022.
Keep collecting discs and cartridges. It makes no difference, except you actually get to keep something.
Now since the bike I ordered has a carbon fiber frame, does that mean it's a carbon sink :)
(No, it's actually 3 times worse to produce than aluminum bikes doh, but it's much better on your body, elbow pain gone since carbon handlebars)
