Etsy Carbon-Offset Shipping

I've had a tab open in my browser for 5 weeks that's a $15 item on Etsy and $10 in shipping. It's the stupidest thing since I would have bought in a heartbeat for $25 and free shipping. I know it's dumb to linger on something so small, but now that I saw this I can justify the additional cost of shipping. I don't get how my brain can rationalize things, but apparently Etsy know.

Five weeks of hesitating, all to be brought in by a catchy video.

What a bunch of bull. These investments support environmental projects, such as protecting forests that improve air quality and absorb carbon, sponsoring wind and solar farms that generate clean energy and replace fossil fuels, and developing greener methods for producing auto parts

The forests already exist, and the solar farms are built for profit. I would love to see Apples to Apples comparison of what this offsetting actually accomplished beyond the hyperbole.

  Etsy is the first major online shopping destination to offset 100% of carbon emissions from shipping.*

  *According to research conducted by 3Degrees.

The fine print[1] is interesting. This isn't some save-the-planet-from-the-goodness-of-our-heart-no-strings-attached campaign...if anything, it's a subsidy brokered through a for-profit carbon credit consulting firm designed to directly benefit certain for-profit companies.

[1] https://3degreesinc.com/latest/etsy-leads-e-commerce-towards...