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hatrack

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2. It's not good . . .

Reply to FadedMullet (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 6, 2025, 07:12 AM

Thursday

Shorter version:

1. Carbon offsets have been hyped to an absurd degree.
2. Turns out most of them are full of double-counting, fake accounting and BS.
3. Some, however, have been highly effective.
4. However, since the whole machine runs on a market price for carbon emissions, the collapse of that price is taking the whole thing down, including the small number of effective projects.
5. What could have been an effective approach - with honest oversight - just got the boot.

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But Market Forces!!! As Emptiness Of Most Carbon Offset Programs Becomes Clear, Global Carbon Prices In Freefall [View all] hatrack Thursday OP

It's four in the morning and I'm pretty tired, too tired to think this one through. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? FadedMullet Thursday #1

It's not good . . . hatrack Thursday #2

Mr. Hatrack, thenk you for the very helpful, and concise, interpreptation, albeit disheartening as usual. FadedMullet Sunday #3