Carbon "Offsets" Hoax

For reasons I cannot quite get a grasp of, this bit of liberal dishonesty seems to have a life of its own, in spite of the fact that every person with an IQ above 35 understands that "carbon offsets" are as bogus as hen's teeth.

The premise, which (like many liberal ploys) looks logical on the surface, is based on paying money in order to be able to continue having a large carbon footprint. Instead of decreasing your footprint, you simply buy credits, and the funds from those credits would be used to tackle projects intended to offset your excessive use.

But the theory has little in common with the reality. Upon further research, it appears that funds paid for these so-called offsets are nowhere near enough to offset the excessive uses. And much of those funds go to company execs, in salaries and perks, rather than directly to offsetting anything.

But here is the real test to determine if these offsets are real or bogus - what happens if everyone were to buy these credits, rather than reduce their carbon footprint?

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that if no one reduces their carbon emissions, and the funds from credits do not effectively offset the use, then the problem of carbon dioxide will continue to grow, not shrink. In fact, major polluters now have permission to increase pollution, simply by buying up these "carbon credits".

Bear in mind that every company that sells these bogus credits are owned by liberals. And it is liberals who are making a fortune selling them.

Where I come from, this sort of "product" is referred to as "snake oil". And, as usual, the snake oil salesmen are liberals.