r/india • u/Dumma1729 • 6h ago

Environment Google and Amazon’s newfound fascination with India’s paddy fields

https://the-ken.com/story/google-and-amazons-newfound-fascination-with-indias-paddy-fields/
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u/raidmytombBB 5h ago

Basically paying others to be eco friendly so you can destroy the environment.

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u/fudgemental 5h ago

How are carbon credits even fucking legal man. And more importantly, how are they accepted "legal eco-tender" all over the world??

If a site is polluting the environment, that's that, it's polluting the environment. You being "green" in other aspects of your business doesn't change that.

Imagine how fucked it is that someone engaging in eco-conscious activities is generating some sort of nebulous "credit" that is available for sale to companies that can use those to "offset" their corruption of the planet enough to be able to claim "net carbon neutrality" and avoid being taxed or fined.

It's like buying good karma from nuns and pandits and using that as an excuse to lie, cheat and steal claiming that at least you're doing more good than harm.

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u/pluviophile777 1h ago

Green washing at its best.

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u/sudda_pappu 21m ago

Can someone summarize what's in the article? It is hidden by a paywall unfortunately.