Thanks for the great point, Toby! Strongly upvoted. I now agree iii) would tend to increase animal-years because the improvements in the welfare of farmed animals would be bought instead of imposed (by legislation, or animal welfare corporate campaigns).
Thanks for the great point, Toby! Strongly upvoted. I now agree iii) would tend to increase animal-years because the improvements in the welfare of farmed animals would be bought instead of imposed (by legislation, or animal welfare corporate campaigns).
Here is a related article about how carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China.