@fasterandworse It does look a bit in poor taste. Their idea of "business as usual to save the world" is prone to scams and cover-ups. But at least they have a pretty clear reporting system that should make it easy for any investigative journalist to have come up with something if they're not honest:
https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-financial-reports-tree-planting-receipts/
@benjaoming @fasterandworse aren't most of these companies that compensate carbon emissions scams anyway? Like, they do plant some trees but these are either not long term forest or the numbers of how much co2 a tree captures get massively inflated by doing some dodgy math
idk how you would check this tho
@koolkat @benjaoming @fasterandworse yeah i was wondering if and how a layperson like me could vet whether or not a project is part of the 2% that actually compensate as much carbon as they claim
for now i'll just assume all of them are scams