Climate Change

According to the Nobel Prize-winning International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), our earth is getting warmer. From 1950 to 2000, average temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were the highest they’ve been in over a thousand years. This has the potential to lead to catastrophic threats to our environment. The IPCC notes that thermal expansion of the oceans (as well as melting glaciers, ice caps, and polar ice sheets) has contributed to a rise in global sea levels since 1961.

Other climate threats, like increased heat waves, heavy rainfall, increased intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes, and a decrease in water resources in the western United States are also very likely. Additionally, there is the potential for increased damage to coastal areas, disease vectors, bleached coral reefs, and an increase in mortality from intense heat waves, floods, and droughts.

Contributing Causes to Climate Change


is very likely due to human- caused emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that the transportation sector, especially automobiles, is the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States. An average car unavoidably emits more than 9,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. In just one year’s time, all our vehicles together will produce more than twenty-five billion pounds of carbon dioxide.

Overall, vehicles like yours emit more than twenty-five billion pounds of carbon dioxide per year!

What You Can Do

International treaties like the Kyoto Protocol reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in part by canceling out emissions from one source through requiring emission reductions at another source.

Thanks in part to international treaties like the Kyoto Protocol, greenhouse gases are being reduced globally in part by canceling out emissions from one source by requiring reductions at other sources. This is a process known as “offsetting.”

Simply put, an owner of an automobile that creates 10,000 pounds of carbon dioxide may offset their impact on the climate from those emissions by making sure that a different source reduces its emissions by 10,000 pounds.

Overall, that owner’s net contribution to climate change is zero. Carbon Neutrality, in cooperation with your car dealership, allows you to offset the expected emissions of your new vehicle. Whether you purchase a new car or a pre-owned truck, Carbon Neutrality allows you the unique opportunity to actively take part in the process of reducing greenhouse gases.And best of all, you are helping to offset your own emissions. Tell your dealer that you want to make a positive contribution to our environment’s tomorrow, today. See the difference, right now.

After pledging your commitment, click here to discover more about climate change and see the impact of your contribution firsthand.

Drive home a “Carbon Neutral Vehicle” today and make your
positive contribution to combating human-induced climate change.