Do You Want To Be A "Green" Racer?

For the more environmentally conscious of us, those who make the effort to recycle, walk instead of use the car where we can and so on, help is at hand.

You are now able to source insurance for your car that will actually help the environment. The best part is you won't be labelled a "tree hugger", as no one will know unless you choose to tell them. You can have that warm cosy feeling that you're helping the environment, accompanied by the peace of mind that this brings.

The scheme works by offsetting the carbon emissions from your car. To simplify what this means, imagine the following; your car produces carbon dioxide when running, this causes global warming, the company calculate your yearly CO2 production and invest enough money with environmentally friendly schemes (designed at cutting CO2) to balance out the amount you have produced. This effectively means you have cut your CO2 production to zero with this vehicle as you have just offset it.

"Will this form of motor insurance be expensive?" you ask. The answer may be yes for some of you but others may find little difference. The cost of your premium might be a little more expensive but the advantage to the environment and your conscience far outweighs this.

If you take a little time to look into the projects the money is invested in, you'll find it's all very interesting. Schemes such as Forestry projects, whereby new tress are planted and existing forests managed help to absorb CO2 and produce oxygen. Renewable energy source schemes are given grants to help development and placement of these products. Even the common light bulb is taken into consideration and schemes funded to maximise usage and lower demand from CO2 producing power stations.

There are also many other ways to lower you carbon emissions; keeping tyres at correct pressure, regular services and reducing your speed by 10mph on motorways, to name but a few.

Of course many of us, when looking for car insurance, try to find the cheapest policy we can apply for. This is something you can do and still help the environment by recycling, trying to use the car less and driving at an overall slower speed, amongst many other environmentally friendly actions.

The question you have to ask yourself is; "Am I willing to do my bit to help the environment?"