Buy Carbon offsets for £1.50 per text

By on August 28, 2006 in Services

As Springwise reports, UK consumers can now text WLT CARBON to 87050 and they’ll be billed £1.50 — in return for this, the World Land Trust will offset 140 kg of CO2. 

This is, apparently, sufficient carbon to offset your one-way flight from London to Berlin. 

I’d sooner they just planted a tree, myself — I find that more exciting than

Anyway it’s a useful and easy way for you to offset your Carbon usage.  More at carbonbalanced.org.

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  • shawpy

    Ewan,

    We need to set up a new premium rate service.

    Hug a tree SMS. For every SMS sent to the premium rate service we will send someone out to hug a tree. We are at one with mother earth, if you are confined to the office, if you cannot get out there to express your love for mankind. Worry not, send an SMS now to hug a tree, we will do it for you.

    Coming soon, hug a tree confessions. Tell us your misdemeanours, confess your sins. We will put your mind at ease by hugging the tree and absolving you.

    Ewan, I reckon this premium rate SMS business is really going to take off – you heard it here first.

    Until we meet again……………

  • http://www.sendmytxt.com Alex

    Offset some carbon? Hmm. How does that work? Also, what about the carbon involved in the transmission of your message, processing, and the reply message coming back?

    All a bit suspicious to me. I prefer the tree hugging idea. At least I know someones doing something for my £1.50 – and a there’ll be one less lonely tree in the world because of my actions.

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