In Australia, an auto insurer is offering what it calls carbon neutral car insurance. Here's an excerpt from the story in the Border Mail:Policyholders have a cost added to their premium based on the amount of carbon their vehicle emits each year.In Australia, the price of the carbon will be worked out by sustainability management firm, Greening Australia.For every kilogram of carbon produced, policyholders will pay for a kilogram of carbon to be saved by a “climate-friendly” project somewhere else in the world identified by Greening Australia.The amount of carbon each policyholder emits will be based on the type of car they drive right down to the year, make and model, and the number of kilometres they clock up in a year.
So instead of driving less or inconveniencing
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