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@jeffowski I mean carbon offsets are obligatory and the money can be used lower carbon production.
Furthermore putting more costs to carbon incentivises to produce less carbon, no? 
Hence I'm missing the real similarity here.
@antifarben -- Concept versus Reality:
Even Google's AI knows what's up if you give it a tickle... "Reality of carbon offsets"