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The idea of selling indulgences - the right to sin, for a price - has been controversial for the past 500+ years, since Jan Hus's condemnation of the practice. And yet here we are, in the age of #CarbonOffsets, where forgiveneess for torching the planet is for sale. 1/ 
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The fundamental premise of carbon offsets is that capitalism - that machine for socializing costs and privatizing gains - isn't the problem, it's the *solution*. 3/
