Offsetting

Last night I made the plunge, put my money where my mouth is, etc and purchased an ongoing "subscription" of enough renewable energy offsets to more than offset myself and Cristin's CO2 emissions. Instead of buying offsets in a big lump sum, I agreed to get charged monthly for the foreseeable future. Turns out the amount is reasonably small. I estimated about 6-8$/month, and so I rounded up to $10/month worth of credits to be on the safe side. I bought the credits from Native Energy, because they offered a package of "offset X tons". Terrapass was another alternative under consideration, but they only offer specialized "offset your car", "offset your flight", "offset your wedding" kinds of packages. I don't need all the fancy stickers and certificates that they send, so native energy just made more since from a simplicity perspective. I may switch in the future, it was a close call. Either way, if you are reading this, please do the same thing. $10/month isn't that noticeable to many people, its a meal out or (better yet) the electricity savings you just got from installing CFLs.