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What are ‘offsets’ and why shouldn’t I buy offsets for my electricity use?

April 26, 2017buy electricity offsets

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What are ‘offsets’ and why shouldn’t I buy offsets for my electricity use?

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Offsets are when you compensate for your own emissions by reducing greenhouse emissions in another area. Companies offer to do this by buying emissions on your behalf. These may be from renewable energy or energy efficiency, or they may be from tree planting, or reducing emissions from waste tips. Green Electricity Watch considers that reducing emissions at source is always a better option. There is no need to offset your electricity purchase, as it is possible to get emissions free electricity from GreenPower.