Apple is relying on carbon credits to claim Apple Watch is carbon neutral.

Apple’s “carbon neutral” claims are facing increased scrutiny::Apple is relying on carbon credits to claim Apple Watch is carbon neutral.

  • meseek #2982@lemmy.caEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Wow it’s almost like the term is bullshit and the actual fact of the matter remains that the cost of something, in relation to carbon, is impossible to determine because it’s a sea of variables commingling with each other.

    You cannot alone look at the cost of a steak by measuring a handful of variables and call it a day.

    And of course Apple is going to spin it. They are the kings of spin. But again, nothing new to businesses. They all make grandiose claims.

    • HMN@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      I tried looking into “carbon neutral” the other day and got lost in a sea of bullshit. I didn’t find a source that goes into the whole process in actual detail. I mean explaining things and giving practical examples of it all. I came out of it thinking, wow it’s all just complete nonsense. “We do what we can to reduce emissions, then pay someone else to ‘offset’ the remaining emissions somehow by mysterious companies”. Don’t ask any more questions, okay? It’s magic.

      • meseek #2982@lemmy.caEnglish
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        8 months ago

        It’s immeasurable. Everything affects everything. Most of the time you end up shifting shit around to get the same end result but that gets lost in all the corpo double talk.

        I don’t doubt Apple has made gains. But to say that a product, from start to store literally has no impact on the climate, is, insane.