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Carbon Offsetting discussion.
Former_MSE_Lawrence
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Soon we'll be launching a full guide to carbon offsetting. This is the place to suggest aspects & products you think we should look into, and just generally discuss the topic.
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Erm....plant trees?The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread-I just love finding bargains and saving moneyI love to travel as much as I can when I canLife has a way to test you, it's how you deal with this that matters0
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Does anyone here actually care?
Carbon offsetting is a load of bull IMO.0 -
Stay at home?
(No, I won't be following my own advice.
) Gone ... or have I?0 -
Staying at home is boring anyway
I was talking to an environmentist and she was saying we must remember we are coming out of an iceage so off course it's getting warmer. Didn't the UK used to be a desert millions of years ago anyway?
I'd still fly without guilt.The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread-I just love finding bargains and saving moneyI love to travel as much as I can when I canLife has a way to test you, it's how you deal with this that matters0 -
As of last year there was only one charity offering carbon offsetting for flights (PURE?? - must check as I think they changed their name).
The rest of them are profit making organisations. NOT that that is necessarily a bad thing, but indicative that it's an industry that could attract people with the wrong intentions....
I've more info I can dig out.0 -
What we need are more politicians like Sammy Wilson!0
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MSE Lawrence I think this might be falling on deaf ears, mine for sure, no such thing as climate change anyway IMHOThe common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for something better.0
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So you pay money to mainly private companies to carbon offset. Who polices or audits these companies? If I pay them £25 to carbon offset who is to say that one of the companies will claim to have planted trees and not done so?
To me it's like creating an industry in which no-one knows what happens and no-one can tell what happens. A bit like the public sector being a self-serving machine in creating useless public sector jobs.
Scam. I bet some big scandals will blow up in the future about this.The man without a signature.0 -
In the travel industry, carbon offsetting is a fact of life and has been for a few years now. It's going to play a big role in business taxation in coming years so many companies are getting a grip on the basics now.
And for everyone who doesn't believe that this issue affects them...what c.c. car do you drive? Have you ever chosen to buy a smaller car because the road tax is cheaper? Has your car ever failed it's MOT based upon carbon emmissions or do you already pay to have that checked before the MOT?
Drivers are already being taxed on carbon emmissions so why not big businesses?0 -
I actually don't drive at the moment
The Very Right Honourable Lady Tarry of the Alphabetty thread-I just love finding bargains and saving moneyI love to travel as much as I can when I canLife has a way to test you, it's how you deal with this that matters0
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