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Carbon Offsetting...

We all know the worlds climate is changing but what can we do about it and survive the changes?

 

Firstly you will hear of carbon offsetting. This is where you pay a company to plant trees and this will offset the carbon you have "generated" through your given "carbon creator".

 

For example you drive a nice big flash 6000 cc, 15 mpg car (and yes they do exist) so to salvage your conscience you go to a website with a carbon counter and put in your car use and it will tell you how many trees you  ( or they will do it for you) need to plant to "offset the carbon you have created.

In reality all this is doing is allowing the rich or lazy people in the world salvage their conscience and allow them to continue to pollute the environment.

In reality we need to reduce our carbon footprint from the start THEN  plant some trees to help us along the way in the future.

We will be offering the tree planting as well in the future but not as some part of a conscience appeaser. We aim to plant indigenous trees in a local wooded area to us and then send a photograph with a 6 figure map reference as to where your trees are planted.

We believe that you cannot claim to offset the carbon from your environmentally damaging activities by planting trees now when a tree may take upwards of 100 years to fully sequestrate the carbon you use now.

We not only need to drastically reduce the amount of Co2 we produce in our daily lives but also the amount of methane and other gasses far worse for the environment than Co2.

Ask yourself how many cows you eat every year ? Each cow now produces many tonnes of Methane every year so if you don't eat beef you are well ahead in the environmental gasses debate.

 

 

 

 
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