Environmentally Friendly Power Companies like MXenergy & Green Mountain offer Carbon Offsets
October 7, 2011 in Green Mountain Energy
Environmentally Friendly Power Companies like MXenergy & Green Mountain offer Carbon Offsets
Article by Dominik
As we become more aware of our environment and the effects of pollution and the consequences of burning fossil fuels for our environment companies Like MXenergy and Green Mountain Energy have become model citizens when it comes to our environment. MXenergy has been declared to be Carbon Neutral by the Chicago Climate Exchange. Green Mountain Energy specializes in renewable energy and with its customer base has spurred the building of 40 wind and solar power plants thus far.
Currently most of our energy is produced by sources that pollute our environment and therefore leave a significant impact on our environment in the way of CO2 emissions. A few retail electricity providers have stepped up and put initiatives in place to become carbon neutral themselves as well as offering the opportunity to do the same to their customers by purchasing carbon offsets. MXenergy has an initiative called MXearth which gives consumers the opportunity to buy carbon offsets of varying degrees. MXenergy allows you to purchase a transportation offset, home offset or a total lifestyle offset which gives us all the opportunity to participate in the process of saving our environment.
Carbon offset sounds like a pretty sophisticated term but what does it really mean? Carbon offsets are basically a financial instruments aimed at the reduction of green house gases by supporting renewable energy projects like hydroelectric dams, wind farms and forestry projects. It is initiatives like MXearth by power companies like MXenergy that in conjunction with the Chicago Climate Exchange that support Valley Wood Inc. which is a certified aggregator which is responsible for 300,000 acres of forest land. So basically to offset the carbon, trees are planted which help offset the harmful emission of CO2 which are produced by our cars and power consumption and therefore render or offset the CO2 emissions being produced. So really in its basic essence a carbon offset is money spent towards a project designed to offset harmful greenhouse gases or a renewable energy project which does not emit CO2.
Green Mountain and MXenergy seem to be two of the energy companies in today’s competitive energy market that are geared towards efforts that help to ensure our environment is sustainable for future generations. Green Mountain also has a carbon offset initiative called BeGreen. Much like MXearth the Green Mountain initiative allows individuals as well as businesses to buy carbon offsets to offset their carbon footprint. Much like MXenergy they allow for different levels of purchasing offsets. You can buy a traveler, a driver or a home offset package from Green Mountain giving you a choice in how much of your carbon foot print you want to offset.
What is a Carbon Footprint? Well in laymen’s terms it is the amount of greenhouse gases you or your business are responsible for in the way of driving or energy consumption and travel. In order to offset your footprint you can buy carbon offsets which give money to projects that help reduce these harmful emission and therefore do your part to keep our environment sustainable for future generations.
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