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A mate told me about www.greenfleet.com.au

From thier website:

For $40 (tax deductible), Greenfleet will plant and maintain 17 native trees on your behalf. These trees will absorb the greenhouse gases that the average car produces in a year (based on 4.3 tonnes of CO2).

Since most of the cars on here (including mine) are performance cars and probably use even more fuel/produce more gases than the average car i think its a good way to help offset this.

I have just donated double the average figure of $40 ($80) for this reason.

I'm not greenie etc.. and I'm not asking anyone to do it, just letting people know its there for the few others that may feel bad like me :D

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how about i buy 17 trees and plant them myself cheaper then 40 bucks

Have you seen what they charge for even a seedling these days? $40 is cheap! :uh-huh:

I read about this organisation the other day. It's a great idea and they will be getting some $$$ off me to offset the pollutants pumped out by my fleet. :cheers:

Just think of the difference it would make if everyone from SAU did this. :D

ferni,

I noticed you've just bought your gtr & congrats to that. But living in Vic & owning a HP car, you'll soon become accustomed to donating $$$ to making this a better place to live. In no particular order..

1. EPA - for your emission test when you receive the quarterly letter.

2. Vic Police - blow off valves, air intake mods, intercooler mods, boost controller mods.

3. Petrol - a portion goes back into making our roads safer & environmentally friendly

4. Brax - Speeding related matters, your funds will be used the same as No. 3

5. City Link - Unregistered vehicle Fines, In case you forget to top up your account. You'll have to donate a hundred dollars to making city link a user & environmentally friendly place to drive.

So, personally I wouldn't bother with planting a couple of trees here & there, Vitorians do more than any other state in donating to preserving & bettering our environment.

Go Brax & Friends!

meshmesh: good points

1. EPA - whats the quarterly letter? is this taking the piss saying i'll be getting done for EPA's every few months?

2. Vic Police - stock blow off valve venting back into plumbing, no air intake mods - stock airbox, no boost controller/bleed valve

3. Petrol yes this is a killer - but i've got my car through a novated lease so all my petrol is pre-tax at least (along with maintenance, insurance, rego etc..)

4. Speeding fines - inevitable i'm sure - i've gone 3 weeks with my GTR without one yet - so i'm happy :(

5. City link = take off front numberplate - but i refuse to use a road that tax payers have already paid for.

But yes i get where you are coming from - damn government!

SS8_Gohan - 10,000 users? guessing not quite that :) - my guess is ~1000?

just a little sarcasm, to this sh!thole of a state. Personally, I have doubts about donating $$ full stop. Especially since the Bali Red Cross Fund Raiser, & more recently the AFL Football Clubs. You'll notice that most Organisations charge administration fees ect.. so by the the my $40 gets there at least 10-20% has gone into the bosses kitty for his new toys. I'm more inclined to offer my time rather than $$.

Ahh the old SAU negativity raises it's ugly head...

It's my money and if these people say thay are going to plant 17 trees then until I hear different I will believe them. IDGAF if the guy ends up driving 2 Ferraris it's a good idea....

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