Making money in the Green Economy: Sell Carbon Offset Credits

Carbon Offsets a new Business idea worth checking out!

Carbon Offsets work like this. We have a company that puts out 100 tons of carbon per month. They then purchase carbon offsets to balance out their negative impact on the environment. Carbon offsets go for anywhere between $5-$15 per 1 ton of co2.

There are a number of companies that you can buy carbon offsets from. Some of them are simply brokers that manage carbon offset sales for solar and wind farms. These carbon credits are used to buy more windmills, more solar panels, plant trees, and other eco-friendly projects.

Some airlines are now giving customers options of buying carbon offsets for their trips, they pay an extra cost on their tickets and that money goes towards purchase of a carbon offset.

Companies which produce large amounts of pollution can through purchasing carbon offsets become a ‘carbon neutral’ company.

What is Carbon Offset Brokering?

In its simplest form, carbon offset credits are bought and sold in a sort of marketplace. Buyers which include businesses and consumers buy carbon credits from carbon offset middlemen or brokers. These brokers buy the carbon credits from solar farms, wind farms, reforestation projects, and many other environmentally friendly companies and charities across the planet.

How can I make money with Carbon Offsets?

Anyone can become a broker for carbon credits, it’s as simple as starting a new website or blog.  Since President Obama was elected there has been a huge increase in green initiatives across the country.The green industry is thriving unlike any other industry right now.  It’s quite possible that Carbon Offsets and other similar businesses will be the next big boom, like the internet was in the 90’s.

It’s safe to say that Green Enterprises are recession proof right now.  The best part is you don’t need to re-invent the wheel to get started with carbon offset brokering.

There’s a really good program that will teach you how to start a carbon offset business. Now I’ll never make my own income projections, but according to the site there are many students of the program earning in excess of $12,400 a month, I don’t imagine everyone can make that much, especially starting out – but there is great growth potential, and very little in startup costs, and anything is possible!

Learn more about how to sell carbon offset credits for profit!
Interesting Facts on Carbon Offsets:

• A full size car expends on average 12,000 lbs of CO2 or $54.42 worth in carbon credits per year.
• Flying 6000 miles (roundtrip from Boston to LA – give or take a thousand) is equal to 2,500 lbs of CO2 or $11.33 worth in carbon credits per year.
• Home: The average small to medium house uses 16,500 lbs – 27,500 lbs of CO2 or 74.82-$124.71 worth in carbon credits per year.

That $124 is enough money to offset a home’s carbon footprint for a whole year, that means it replaces the carbon by other eco-friendly businesses like solar, wind, water, tree planting, etc..

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