<story><title>Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing</title><url>https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/04/offsetting-greenwashing-carbon-emissions</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ZeroGravitas</author><text>A proper carbon tax would only increase flight costs by about 8%, since there&amp;#x27;s lots of other costs than fuel.&lt;p&gt;People don&amp;#x27;t seem to believe that though. Because a carbon tax high enough to make your flight cast 8% more, would totally destroy the fossil fuel industry, as everyone would suddenly have a financial incentive to burn less of it, and there&amp;#x27;s alternatives for almost all uses. And so, a measure that would kill the fossil fuel industry, and not really bother any other industry, is portrayed as an impossible dream because the fossil fuel industry has a lot of money and power.</text></comment>
<story><title>Carbon offsetting is just another form of greenwashing</title><url>https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/08/04/offsetting-greenwashing-carbon-emissions</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Comevius</author><text>The problem with climate change is that it creates a reality distortion field. Anyone who would honestly try to think about it would give up on life, so instead we have this fake optimism accompanied by fake solutions, basically a fantasy not unlike Harry Potter. Those 2 billion new cars aren&amp;#x27;t going to help the environment, which is already on the fritz, but if they are electric that means we are on the right path to the unicorn to come and fix everything. Which is great because then we don&amp;#x27;t have to change our way of life.&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile the world is less organized than ever.</text></comment>