Carbon Offsets

Maybe a better title for 'carbon offsets' would be something like 'carbon set-aside and deal with it later.' It's nice that some countries are making an effort to appear more carbon neutral, but I don't believe that it effectively offsets there emissions. They are still emitting the same amount, and it seems like they are just procrastinating and trying to fluff things up. I'd like to see them take the money paid to achieve 'carbon offsets' and spend it in the effort to find more environmentally friendly ways to keep a country running.