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'''Carbon offseting''' is the practice of purchasing or building [[carbon sink]]s which match or exceed an individual or corporation's [[carbon dioxide]] emmissions. Carbon offset activities could include buying stocks in a "green" [[power]] company, using solar power, and the like. The goal is to keep an individual or corporation's net carbon emissions at zero, in order to stave off the theoretical [[global warming|warming]] due to the [[greenhouse effect]].

'''Carbon offsetting''' is the practice of purchasing or building [[carbon sink]]s which match or exceed an individual or corporation's [[carbon dioxide]] emmissions. Carbon offset activities could include buying stocks in a "green" [[power]] company, using solar power, and the like. The goal is to keep an individual or corporation's net carbon emissions at zero, in order to stave off the theoretical [[global warming|warming]] due to the [[greenhouse effect]].

Critics point out that, while carbon dioxide has the largest volume of controllable contributions to theorized atmospheric warming, it has the lowest effect on a per molecule basis of any of the [[greenhouse gas]]es.

Critics point out that, while carbon dioxide has the largest volume of controllable contributions to theorized atmospheric warming, it has the lowest effect on a per molecule basis of any of the [[greenhouse gas]]es.