– Buy carbon credits in Europe. They are cheap at the moment thanks to their awful economy.

– Insulate and or weather seal your home. This can cut emissions and save you money.

– Give LED lightbulbs as presents. (But don’t blame me if you have a lousy Valentine’s Day as a result.)
– Install rooftop solar. If your local grid already uses a lot of low emission energy then install it Melbourne as that place’s coal power truly sucks. (Or you could put it in China. You’ll get a better feed-in tariff if you do.)
– If you eat cows and sheep, cut back or go cold turkey. (Turkey production emits very little methane.)

I’m about to buy a Nissan Leaf, and I’m very excited. Among the statistics was the fact it would eliminate about 3 tons of CO2 per year by replacing my gas-powered car. I was a bit surprised to notice that the elimination of a few tons of CO2 emissions is valued at about $45-$60! The price of carbon emissions is so low, wouldn’t I have more impact by just buying emissions rights and retiring them?!

Retiring CO2 emission credits is difficult, it seems, for an ordinary person such as
myself, but I’d have more impact on CO2 emissions by throwing a few
thousand dollars at that process, rather than putting solar panels on my house and buying an electric car, wouldn’t I?

I’m still going to do both those things, starting with the LEAF, but I’m also looking for ways to have the biggest CO2 emission reduction impact PER DOLLAR SPENT that I can. What would that be?

Re: workplace charging, I’m only 6 miles from home so I won’t need it, but many of my colleagues are interested in getting a LEAF too, but only if they can charge at work. I hope we can talk my boss into putting some 110V plugs outside.