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		arbirk on April 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I liked the idea of carbon offsets until I tried t... But taxing emmissions and lowering other taxes / adding incentives has the same effect with much fewer drawbacks.

manholio on April 11, 2022 [–]

They are essentially the same approach, emissions taxes require a governmental mandate while offsets work voluntarily, where for various reasons political action is inefficient, for example in the US.

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