Cambridge study says carbon offsets are not nearly as effective as they claim to be.
At a certain point I guess I’d have to give up my car, which would make travel for recreation difficult
Yes. Ideally it would result in forms of recreation and travel that emit less.
but if we don’t have transportation to get to these places I may as well live in London
Yes. These decisions are exactly what a carbon tax is designed to create. The people who really want to live a recreational non-urban lifestyle that is quite expensive in terms of carbon emissions are going to have to pay more to do it because that reflects the true cost of that lifestyle.
Ideally That extra expense encourages innovation in that space so that the area can become less carbon intense. Perhaps local authorities are encouraged to build trains or electric cars or some other system that lets you live your life without emitting carbon in those areas.
There’s plenty of EVs with 300+ miles of range now. Shouldn’t be an issue.
