Here's an AP Story on carbon offset programs. There's a number of them out there, but we prefer DriveNeutral* Some highlights from the story:
- "I'm part of the solution, not the problem," said Cody, who sports a TerraPass decal on the decade-old Lexus she drives about 6,000 miles (9,600 kilometers) a year. "Now I don't feel guilty when I drive my car."
- It costs about $4 (euro3) to offset a ton of carbon, and about $80 (euro60) to offset the 20 tons of carbon the average American generates in one year, said the fund's Chris Fanning. Each tree absorbs more than a ton of carbon over a 100-year life cycle.
- "It's not a license to pollute," said Craig Noble, spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council, which offsets emissions from its employees' travel. "The idea is not to buy a Hummer and then at the end of the year buy offsets for your driving."
*Yes, I'm sucking up to our sponsors.
