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S06E06 of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! debunked carbon credits.

That was 15 years ago.

Carbon credits can work in a system where you don't just let people make them with weak verification. The problem isn't the underlying concept.

The problem is inseparable from the system, because people are involved.

It could be done. Show me the carbon you sequestered and how the containment will work.

I guess I don’t follow. Most problems involve humans and yet we solve problem after problem.

A system where everyone have the incentive to cheat in the same direction isn't going to work in practice.