Why you shouldn’t feel good about carbon offsetting
Coming up today: The wild rise of the spammy PPI industry, China’s private space race and what you can do to offset your carbon footprint
Join the WIRED Bookclub! We’re reading Factfulness, by Hans Rosling. Find out more and read an extract here: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-book-club-factfulness
The stories we talked about this week:
The PPI scandal spawned a spam empire that just won’t quit
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ppi-claims-deadline-industry
The practical ways to reduce your carbon footprint (that actually work)
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/reduce-carbon-footprint
China and the US are locked in a crucial battle for space domination
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-america-space-race
We want to know what you think about the stories we discussed this week. Email podcast@wired.co.uk with your rants, raves and reviews.
Music by Filip Hnizdo
Show produced and edited by Matt Burgess
