How can I internalize my most impactful negative externalities?

Boom, thanks! Dig the push back here. I generally agree with Scott Alexander's comment at the bottom: "I don't think ethical offsetting is antithetical to EA. I think it's orthogonal to EA."

(Though I also believe there are some "macro systemic" reasons for believing that offsetting is a crucial piece to moving more folks to an EA-based non-accumulation mindset. More detailed explanation of this later!)

Awesome resource, thanks for the link! (Also, I had never heard of Pigouvian taxes before—thanks!)

Given your list, I'd group the "categories" of externalities into:

• Environment (driving, emitting carbon, agriculture, municipal waste)
• Public health (driving, obesity, alcohol, smoking, antibiotic use, gun ownership)
• Financial (debt)

And, if I understand it correctly, it's tough for me to offset some of these. This is because:

• Luckily, I just happen to not do many of them (e.g. driving, obesity, alcohol, smoking, debt).
• But even if I did, it's not clear to me how to offset. i.e. Given your research in this area, could you help me answer this question—if I (or people in the developed world generally) were to offset the externalities our actions, what should we offset? 1st clear answer is paying to offset our carbon emissions. What would be "#2", and how would we "pay" to offset it? (e.g. If I was obese, who would I pay to offset that?)

Thanks!