Today, our chief scientist, Bill Chameides, is explaining why carbon offsets do count on Climate411. It's a great read and takes some of the recent arguments against offsets head on. There's been a lot of discussion around offsets in the wake of debates over Al Gore's energy use.

I always knew that Dr. Bill was smart, but this quote made me laugh out loud:

The going rate for offsets in the U.S. is about $4 per ton. Since the average family emits 24 tons of CO2 per year, most of us can become climate neutral for about $100 per year. I have listened to enough Public Radio to know that that is less than $1 a day.

As a frequent Public Radio listener myself, I must say, "here, here" to that statement!