minus-squaredarth_helmet@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Do any of you pay for carbon offsets?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agohttps://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/app/uploads/sites/17/2020/06/carbon-cycle-1024x1024.jpg The issue is that we have artificially accelerated the return of carbon to the cycle by burning coal and oil. linkfedilink
minus-squaredarth_helmet@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Do any of you pay for carbon offsets?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt sequesters the carbon while it’s alive, but you’d need to bury the plant deep underground to remove it from the equation linkfedilink
https://openbooks.lib.msu.edu/app/uploads/sites/17/2020/06/carbon-cycle-1024x1024.jpg
The issue is that we have artificially accelerated the return of carbon to the cycle by burning coal and oil.