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And they’re likely to purchase or play with “carbon offsets” which this video does a good job of summarizing why they don’t work
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8zAbFKpW0
Like carbon capture before it, carbon offsets are mainly a scam that uses hypothetical mitigation to excuse increasing ACTUAL harm.
TLDW? Is it that we haven't figured it out yet or is there reason to believe it'll never actually work?
https://www.summarize.tech/m.youtube.com/watch?v=6p8zAbFKpW0
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