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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
so you mean to say that privatized companies that give this belief is to the betterment of global warming? that the big businesses shouldn't be lobbying congress to make the changes across the board for ALL companies?
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Could you rephrase this? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around it.
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again, to say that I can just purchase some "planted trees" or "invest in some good company" seems a bit silly to me like buying a pig in a poke to feel better about what I'm doing.
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Well, it's not all that different from giving to an organization that helps homeless people as opposed to going out and helping them yourself. Does that seem like buying a pig in a poke to feel better about yourself?
It can be as simple as a matter of scale, whereby a company that already has systems and infrastructure in place can be more effective per dollar spent than an individual.
Certainly there is a lot that can be done by the individual to lessen their carbon footprint, but that doesn't mean that there's something unethical about spending money to reduce overall carbon outputs without doing all that one can on an individual level.
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how do i know that the $8 spent on the carbon credits actually did something instead of getting put into the same monies of the company and then only a small percentage out to the green company investments?
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A good point, but one that is more about the trustworthiness of corporations in general than the significance of carbon credits. I would assume that any carbon offset selling company worth its salt would need to have a lot of transparency.