Shell petrol carbon offset programme
Discussion
Not sure what you’re getting at? You’ll buying and burning fossil fuels- it isn’t green (not having a go, I do it too).
Shell are by and large a company built on hydrocarbons. Offsetting is better than not offsetting. What more is there to it?
If you want to be greener, drive less or not at all, go electric, drive something more economical, so on and so on.
Shell are by and large a company built on hydrocarbons. Offsetting is better than not offsetting. What more is there to it?
If you want to be greener, drive less or not at all, go electric, drive something more economical, so on and so on.
It's a load of nonsense in my opinion.
I think you pay an extra 0.5p or 1p per litre to offset the Carbon emissions you generate from burning the fuel you've purchased.
Shell aren't necessarily the cheapest for petrol, their reward scheme isn't very rewarding (£1 off after 10 visits) and I'm pretty sure they make a very healthy profit year on year.
Why can't they pay to offset my Carbon emissions for me, if it only costs me 1p per litre?
I think you pay an extra 0.5p or 1p per litre to offset the Carbon emissions you generate from burning the fuel you've purchased.
Shell aren't necessarily the cheapest for petrol, their reward scheme isn't very rewarding (£1 off after 10 visits) and I'm pretty sure they make a very healthy profit year on year.
Why can't they pay to offset my Carbon emissions for me, if it only costs me 1p per litre?
GolfDragon said:
It's a load of nonsense in my opinion.
I think you pay an extra 0.5p or 1p per litre to offset the Carbon emissions you generate from burning the fuel you've purchased.
Shell aren't necessarily the cheapest for petrol, their reward scheme isn't very rewarding (£1 off after 10 visits) and I'm pretty sure they make a very healthy profit year on year.
Why can't they pay to offset my Carbon emissions for me, if it only costs me 1p per litre?
As you say- they make lots of money each year (generally). They aren’t going to do something that costs them more when it has no clear benefit to their bottom line or shareholders. I think you pay an extra 0.5p or 1p per litre to offset the Carbon emissions you generate from burning the fuel you've purchased.
Shell aren't necessarily the cheapest for petrol, their reward scheme isn't very rewarding (£1 off after 10 visits) and I'm pretty sure they make a very healthy profit year on year.
Why can't they pay to offset my Carbon emissions for me, if it only costs me 1p per litre?
As Bernard Looney said, BP (and other oil companies) are still cash generating machines.
Yes, my thinking too, another way to look good and not actually cost them anything.
Shell is the closest for 99 RON and over the road is a sainsburys, so they're pegged on price pretty much.
tting on the planet can be a good thing.
Shell is the closest for 99 RON and over the road is a sainsburys, so they're pegged on price pretty much.
Fusion777 said:
Not sure what you’re getting at? You’ll buying and burning fossil fuels- it isn’t green (not having a go, I do it too).
Shell are by and large a company built on hydrocarbons. Offsetting is better than not offsetting. What more is there to it?
If you want to be greener, drive less or not at all, go electric, drive something more economical, so on and so on.
I do few petrol miles really, about 3k a year and the rest is either trains or our electric vehicle... Been that way for 7 years now! But anything to help us not sShell are by and large a company built on hydrocarbons. Offsetting is better than not offsetting. What more is there to it?
If you want to be greener, drive less or not at all, go electric, drive something more economical, so on and so on.
tting on the planet can be a good thing. How, pray, does money 'offset' tailpipe emissions? Unless the CEO of Shell wishes to attempt to waft my car's exhaust smoke into space by waving a ten pound note at it, then it doesn't help at all. Your 'offset' money will go to some sort of 'green fund' operated by Shell, which will then make investments in 'green partner organizations'. Shell staff will hold shares in said green partner organizations and will benefit financially from them. Thus, following the circle in a circle principle, your 'offset' money will end up in the pockets of someone who works at Shell.
This whole green offsetting and carbon trading business allows racketeering and corruption beyond the wildest dreams of any common criminal, and lots of people seem to think it's great.
This whole green offsetting and carbon trading business allows racketeering and corruption beyond the wildest dreams of any common criminal, and lots of people seem to think it's great.
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