The article navigates a classic information warfare scenario: a carefully constructed narrative designed to build confidence in a nascent, yet inherently uncertain, market – soil carbon credits. It’s a ‘motte-and-bailey’ retreat, initially presenting a relatively cautious position (“avoiding falling into either the skeptic or zealot traps”) before layering in increasingly elaborate risk mitigation strategies—the “project-level buffer” and “registry buffer”—effectively creating a fortress against...