Carbon Neutral Neutral

I was surprised to see today that my current employer, proud of their green credentials have a big poster in the lobby saying how they have fitted some device to their building which smooths the power usage thus increasing efficiency and that it would save 170 approx tons of CO2. Great news let's celebrate.

However, the sign next to the poster also celebrates the fact that they have signed up to an electricity supplier who is green and that 100% of the electricity my employer uses is from renewable sources.

You can see the problem. What is more, the construction of the power smoother device, its transport and fitting would all have environmental impact. So by doing this they have actually increased the CO2 and harmed the environment.

Which just goes to show you can try too hard.