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minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up125·2 years agoPretty sure they will find a way to look good on paper while still doing more harm than good
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·2 years ago“In order to adequately test our new carbon capture system, obviously, we had to dump a couple trillion more tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Which, yeah, granted, does make it all that much more upsetting that the system didn’t actually work.”
minus-squareTimLovesTech@badatbeing.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 years agoThey’ll all buy credits, problem solved!
minus-squarethesporkeffect@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoCan we rebrand normal taxation as Non Fungible Energy Credits??
minus-squaredejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoConsidering that the USD is sometimes called the “petrodollar”, we’re just a name-change away.
minus-squareSabata@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years ago“We changed the legal definition of carbon and have saved the planet”
minus-squarepastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoThey already do! It’s called carbon credits
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThey will probably overdo it, probably with iron fertilisation of the ocean, and start a fucking ice age.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIt is a distinct possibility.
Pretty sure they will find a way to look good on paper while still doing more harm than good
“In order to adequately test our new carbon capture system, obviously, we had to dump a couple trillion more tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Which, yeah, granted, does make it all that much more upsetting that the system didn’t actually work.”
They’ll all buy credits, problem solved!
Can we rebrand normal taxation as Non Fungible Energy Credits??
Considering that the USD is sometimes called the “petrodollar”, we’re just a name-change away.
“We changed the legal definition of carbon and have saved the planet”
They already do! It’s called carbon credits
They will probably overdo it, probably with iron fertilisation of the ocean, and start a fucking ice age.
It is a distinct possibility.