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Via this press release, I came across 4Offsets.com which provides a service for purchasing carbon offsets. They opened a store inworld store to do this at Vio (201,54,27).

You can read more about carbon offsets here, or by visiting the 4Offset.com page on it, or you can visit the inworld store to get information from the notecards available by clicking around.

The general idea is that you, gentle reader, are creating carbon dioxide and you can give people money to help offset it. Think of it as a long term investment in the planet.

Personally, I have mixed feelings about such endeavors. I solar energy a lot myself, so maybe I don't see the value in handing someone money to handle my carbon emissions - I just try to do the best by myself. Still, the majority of people don't feel like messing with wires and voltmeters and thus it makes sense that something like this be in a virtual world. It is a way for non-technical people to do something.

And it isn't expensive. I encourage you to go take a look around the store at Vio (201,54,27).

Of course, you could turn off your computer and go outside for a while. It might be healthier, too. :-)

/me sneaks outside for a while.

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