Getting around carbon passports

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[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Don't play their game, don't participate in the system.

[–]HiddenFox 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't think that will work. If you don't travel, they don't care. They will limit how far, when, and where you can go in your car. If you don't have a car then they will limit how many bus rides you can take. If you lock yourself in your home and never leave but for the essentials they will limit the essentials too! We can't ignore ideas that are this ridiculous, this evil.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm not saying we should ignore it or not travel, just that participating in their system validates their agenda. Kind of how people were making fake CDC vaccination cards, it's still going along with their system. During Covid restrictions I refused to show papers, but I still traveled and patronized places and businesses that weren't going along with the insanity.

If they are restricting our travel, we need to fight back, speak out and ignore their restrictions. Going along with a carbon credit scheme will only result in further loss of freedoms. Airline travel is a trickier one, but there are still private / charter flights, and the option to get your pilot's license if you have the means.

[–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree.

[–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can think of two easy ways.

1st, have money. This won't affect people with money. They will be able to buy credits or some made up shit. (Unless you are counting a lot fewer people on their tropical beaches, this won't affect them)

2nd, become a politician. It won't affect them. Trudeau, champion of the environment has no issue with his motorcade idling outside for 30 minutes while he waxes and reapplies his eyebrows in the bathroom.

I do like your idea though, I just think they will eventually send someone around or more likely you get ratted out and if you got caught well, your punishment will land somewhere between smoking in public and being a serial raspiest.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Looks like this all stems from "An October report written by the consultancy The Future Laboratory and released by the travel company Intrepid."

So they paid a consultant to create a report saying whatever they want and a PR firm to advertise their own carbon offset scam in the 'news.'

I wouldn't worry about this, it's never going to be implemented seriously since it doesn't work to curb emissions, only to transfer wealth.