Net CO2 Emissions from a Greedy 4x4 Gas Guzzler? Nil...

...Thanks to rainforest trees

December 15, 2005 - Press Dispensary - One of the bosses of secure and ethical email service, Greenmail4me (http://www.greenmail4me.com) - which is selling Amazonian trees to prevent them from being felled - is auctioning his personally owned 4x4 on eBay. All the proceeds from the sale will be donated to the company?s tree saving programme, to balance the net effect of carbon dioxide emissions from the new vehicle owner.

On Christmas Eve, a lucky eBay auction winner will not only own a top of the range used 4.6HSE Range Rover but will also have bought enough CO2 credit to ensure his family?s lifestyle will not create any harmful net CO2 emissions - not just for Christmas 2005 and the New Year 2006 but for life! The carbon footprint from just one person can be between 10 and 20 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

CEO of Link Information Systems, Paul Mustoe, will use the money from the sale of his beloved Range Rover to buy trees in the Amazon rainforest for 1 GBP each, so they can't be felled. Despite the Amazon producing 20% of the Earth?s oxygen, the rainforest is being destroyed at the rate of two football pitches every minute to fuel demand for wood and paper. Some experts predict it will disappear within 15 years if action is not taken now, causing further disastrous effects on climate change.

At http://www.greenmail4me.com, rainforest trees can be bought as gifts. On the site, individuals can also measure the carbon dioxide their lifestyle creates (?carbon footprint?) and balance this by preserving trees that convert poisonous gases into breathable, fresh air.

Paul Mustoe comments: ?As much as I love my 4x4, it is a large contributor of CO2 gas to the environment. Over its life of 79,000 miles I've put about 48 tonnes of CO2 into our air. Although, when driven by its next owner, it will continue to add to the gases that create global warming, it will not be a net producer because the money paid for it will go straight to saving trees in the Amazon which absorb poisonous CO2. The new owner will get an entire family's lifetime credit of carbon balancing - without having to consider whether their carbon footprint has a net good or bad effect on future climate change.?

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For a number of years, Link Information Systems - a Bedford-based UK company-has specialised in making company email safe. This led to research about how to achieve savings in paper and transport cost which, in turn, benefits the environment. Link Information Systems encourages consumers to reduce their demand for trees in the rainforest. It campaigns to conserve what is left of the forest by persuading companies and consumers to buy trees to protect them from being felled.

For further information please contact:
Paul Mustoe, CEO, Link Information Systems
Tel: +44 (0)1234 350622 Email:
Site: www.greenmail4me.com