So I note that www.carbonneutral.com have introduced a whole bunch of new calculators to help you work out how much you are choking the planet with exhaust fumes, cheap flights, leaving the lights on and the telly on standby.
Based on my calculations, it would seem that we (our family) are generating 10-15 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide per annum. It takes one mature tree to absorb one tonne of CO2 per annum, so to become carbon neutral we would need to plant, say 15 trees, however that wouldn’t cover it as they take years to mature. The site also allows you to fund future alternative power solutions (such as wind farms) which would offset the carbon production. Either way it looks like £100 or so to become carbon neutral. A small price to pay to do our bit.
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