Furthering our suggestions on how to curb our carbon addiction, Root arrived at an interesting carbon conscious idea with a few clicks of our mouse. The Carbon Emission Offset Directory provides a number of options to offset our driving impact.

The site offers the opportunity to calculate one’s carbon footprint, in addition they provide links to sites for purchase of carbon emission offsets, a solution offering an immediate and lasting effect on our cumulative impact.

According to the site, a mid-sized 30 mpg car driving 12,000 miles/year will create about 3.55 tons of CO2/year. Using Carbonfund.org’s calculator they figured this would cost only about $19.50 or $1.63/month to be offset. This means that for a very small amount of money you can drive the equivalent of a zero-CO2-emission car. Impressive, indeed.

Athough we may not be eliminating driving for walking or biking (not an option for all), we can lessen our impact with very little cost and increased awareness of our actions.

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