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Site under construction. Completion anticipated 28 November.
Until science has
provided the means to eliminate the use of coal,
gas and oil for powering industry, homes and
transportation,
we are required to make whatever efforts are necessary to minimise the
effect of our carbon emissions on the atmosphere.
Carbon Offsetting is a process devised to compensate for those
greenhouse gas emissions which cannot at present be
avoided. While
efforts are being made to reduce these emissions at source from
industry, homes and transport it is also possible to encourage new
initiatives which will speed up the process. Alternative means of
generating power, more efficient industrial processes,
recycling
of materials, planting of trees, reducing methane emissions from
landfill sites are a few of such initiatives.
However,
these have to be paid for and carbon offsetting, where companies are
obliged to pay for excess emissions, is the principal means of raising
funding. However, at present, this does not raise
sufficient funding to pay for all the possible means of
reducing
emissions. By raising the funding we can allow
projects to go ahead.
If you are interested in contributing to this effort, you can
calculate your emissions and compensate for them. For example, a car
travelling 12,000 miles a year will typically generate about 3.5 Tonnes
of carbon. For this example, the cost would be £10.50.
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