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hudibras on June 23, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cement Produces More Pollution Than All the Trucks...

> But I suspected it was basically just planting N trees to offset the carbon emission.

No, this is not what happens. Check Wikipedia for "carbon offset" and "carbon credit" to learn more.

wbronitsky on June 23, 2019 [–]

Please stop with the reddit comments. You can so so so easily post the information here instead of being pompous about it.

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