Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6 kilometres each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, the study suggests, annual global carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Industry would just increase their outputs
You were downvoted but you’re right. When they did the whole “voluntary carbon credit” bullshit, it actually did the opposite effect. Companies saw it as a way to increase their toxic output.