A way to undo what we do every day
I fantasize often about a shiney new car... or at least a functioning second car that I can use to run errands, visit friends, take Mica to the Boonshoft or play dates, and take myself back to Bellydance classes or weight loss group meetings. In a perfect world I'd have a beautiful and afordable hybrid station wagon or minivan that got 50+ miles to the gallon and produced almost no emissions.
Since I'm unaware of any vehicle on the market that meets that description, and since I'm unlikely to be in a position to be picky should a functioning second vehicle suggest itself, I admit that I've had some concerns about the environmental impact of becoming a 2 car family. (or the environmental impact of the 1993 Ford Escort wagon which serves as our primary vehicle for that matter)
Enter TerraPass, a company that pools small contributions from people like me and invests them in clean energy and projects/programs that reduce the impact of emissions on the environment. The focus is specifically on reducing global warming by counteracting the carbondioxide produced by vehicles, so the $49.95/year that the TerraPass would cost to offset the emissions of our little red wagon wouldn't make up for the environmental impact of a slow oil leak. Still, for $0.14/day, I'm sure it's nice to feel like you're really doing something about the impact that your daily commute or your second trip to the grocery store in a week. (because you forgot to get diapers when you went the first time)
http://www.terrapass.com/index.html
Since I'm unaware of any vehicle on the market that meets that description, and since I'm unlikely to be in a position to be picky should a functioning second vehicle suggest itself, I admit that I've had some concerns about the environmental impact of becoming a 2 car family. (or the environmental impact of the 1993 Ford Escort wagon which serves as our primary vehicle for that matter)
Enter TerraPass, a company that pools small contributions from people like me and invests them in clean energy and projects/programs that reduce the impact of emissions on the environment. The focus is specifically on reducing global warming by counteracting the carbondioxide produced by vehicles, so the $49.95/year that the TerraPass would cost to offset the emissions of our little red wagon wouldn't make up for the environmental impact of a slow oil leak. Still, for $0.14/day, I'm sure it's nice to feel like you're really doing something about the impact that your daily commute or your second trip to the grocery store in a week. (because you forgot to get diapers when you went the first time)
http://www.terrapass.com/index.html
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