I am generally amazed at the low figures these calculators give. Makes me feel much better when flying

I am a proponent of reducing CO2 emissions, but I find the way these carbon neutral companies work very awkward. The simplest solution would be to make producers of jet fuel/kerosine/petrol/diesel/coal take part of an emissions trading scheme. There would be a certain number of allowed CO2 emissions, and these are auctioned of. For each ton sold, every producer of fossil fuels would then need to purchase the equivalent CO2 certificates. On top of that, companies that offer to offset CO2 emissions (tree plantation, pump CO2 into empty gas fields etc) can sell certificates.

Why do I suggest that producers need to acquire certificates, and not the users? There are far less producers than users of fossil fuels, so the costs of running the scheme would be significantly reduced.

SmilingBoy.