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by kaybe 1865 days ago
Until the payment actually leads to the carbon being captured and stored again (or the kerosine is from renewable sources) nothing much is won.
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There are plenty of organizations that track this and make sure the advertised offsets are not wasteful in this manner.
This is key. Carbon has to get out of the air and go back in the ground.
How is the carbon tax rate derived then?