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culiyesterday at 8:39 PM1 replyview on HN

The title is misleading. It's not a "ban", just a "moratorium" until November 2027

And your "easy solution" has had a lot of research debunking its efficacy and a lot of holes in it.

https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/carbon-offsets-have-fa...


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ainchyesterday at 8:42 PM

Carbon offsets are a sham, but you could just require them to directly pay for the actual energy infrastructure required. If you need 1GW of electricity, develop 1GW of solar.

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