It’s time to start buying politicians
Another lesson from Al Gore:
Fortune reports 'Global carbon offset market size at USD 1,205.40 billion in 2024, projecting growth to USD 3,230.29 billion by 2032 with a CAGR of 13.1%.'
Traditional carbon credits and renewable energy purchases offset less than 0.05% of global emissions today and face increasing scrutiny over transparency, double-counting, and efficacy.
In 2024, the average global carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere reached a record high of 422.8 ppm as measured by NOAA at its Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.
Al Gore recently stated: ‘Fossil fuel companies are better at capturing politicians than capturing emissions’.
Sage advice from another visionary facing insurmountable odds. “The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is anew, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves and then we shall save our nation." A. Lincoln 1862.
As with fluorocarbons and the Ozone Layer, the only way to bend the CO2 curve back down to a livable level is to severely restrict emissions. Scientists, activists, innovators, and financiers can’t do it - without politicians.
It’s time to start re-focusing a larger share of the carbon offset investments into buying politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Credit to Dan Wasserman from the Boston Globe for his original cartoon. Hope you don’t mind the edits Dan.
