Carbon Offsetting discussion.

Blue264

Tarry wrote: »

I actually don't drive at the moment

Neither do I. Actually got rid of my car last week but will be saving up for something better.

The point I'm to make is that it really doesn't matter whether or not you believe in global warming and carbon offsetting...the vast majority of us are already being taxed on it!

Don't get me wrong... My next car will be a hulking great 2lt like the last one, but I will pay through the nose for it and I'm happy to pay that. I've yet to see safety features that can replace having a decent impact zone on a car, but at least I am making an informed choice and am prepared to pay for it.
My balance will be that I'm also saving up to have two wood burning stoves installed as that is repeatedly being touted as the most eco-friendly way to heat my home.

Jelliebeen

I consider myself pretty eco-friendly and try to avoid flying where possible, ie train to Europe. However, life is too short to restrict yourself too much in this way. I really want to go to Japan and I would in this case offset my carbon emission. I do all I can to keep my carbon footprint low otherwise and wouldn't feel too guilty about a plane trip once in a while.

WiseInvestor_2

British Airways was the first airline to introduce a voluntary passenger carbon offsetting scheme in 2005. We have made it easy for you to offset the impact of your journey when buying a ticket with us on ba.com.

Contributions are automatically calculated based on the volume of carbon dioxide your flight produces and the cost of carbon credits per tonne at the time of your booking. Payments can be made, safely and securely, via credit or debit card with all proceeds going towards certified carbon emission projects.

The money raised helps fund projects such as hydro-electric power plants and wind farms around the world that reduce the amount of carbon emitted.

These projects also have health and social benefits, so by making offset contributions you can have a positive effect on communities as well as neutralising emissions from flying.

More information on ba.com

Tojo_Ralph

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Wasn't this place a money saving site at one time?
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Moonchild

Tojo_Ralph wrote: »

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Wasn't this place a money saving site at one time?
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Someone had the same idea as me after seeing your post and has already registered http://www.planetsavingexpert.com/ !!

DKLS

khizman wrote: »

Does anyone here actually care?

Nope not me, will continue to fly as often as I can, and drive a gas guzzler that does 23mpg.

sturll

DKLS wrote: »

Nope not me, will continue to fly as often as I can, and drive a gas guzzler that does 23mpg.

Agree, i fly about 100k per year and am more than happy tearing my !!!! off up the M1 at 20mpg.

jonesMUFCforever

My opinion is that carbon offsetting is just another name for a tax. I have never paid it and whilst it is voluntary I never will.

worldwheeler

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

My opinion is that carbon offsetting is just another name for a tax. I have never paid it and whilst it is voluntary I never will.

Carbon credits, carbon off setting, renewable power from windmills(the most unreliable, unpredictable form of energy production, but expensive for taxpayers/consumers -- very lucrative for installers)
Man Made Global Warming we are told will melt the ice caps and flood London, New York, Bangladesh, Florida etc. To stop this from happening there is a very simple solution - PAY MORE TAX, I'd say everyone living in low lying areas need to get out there and fly, fly, fly -- pay as much carbon tax as you can or your homes are going to be under melting ice cap waters!!!??!??

jshedden

new to this so not sure if my previous post got through.....

Suggest you look at http://direct.gov.uk/offsetting for details of new Quality Assurance Scheme for Carbon Offsetting. Not all carbon offsets are the same.......