Of course, it’s better to emit less carbon, and support systems and policies that emit less carbon. That said, carbon emission is unavoidable, and I’d like to minimize that portion of my impact as much as possible.
I am definitely willing to pay to offset my carbon usage, but I’m under the impression that this is mostly a scam. Does anyone use these services? If so, can you tell me what reasoning or sources you used that satisfied you that the service your chose isn’t a scam?
Carbon offsets are propaganda at best, but actually intended for large Greehouse Gas emitters to use accounting tricks to ensure they don’t have to change anything about their business, and show they are complying with the toothless regulations those same industries lobbied the EPA to ratify.
By even participating in the scam you are perpetuating more climate destruction. If you want to “offset” your carbon footprint, go bomb a pipeline. The amount of disruption you cause will probably offset your entire life’s carbon output.