• Eggyhead
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    11 year ago

    Maybe a dumb question, but how does providing money actually offset emissions? Are there emission vacuums somewhere that require payment to operate?

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Well, trees are one of them. More money means more trees planted.

      Or that money could be invested in renewable energy, which will reduce emissions in other areas.

      And when you increase the cost of something, you get less of it, so taxing emissions should mean fewer emissions.

      And so on.