Patent ID: 8280646

Claim:
A method to offset CO 2 emissions, comprising the steps of: capturing CO 2 emissions data from a vehicle emissions measuring device; transmitting emissions data by a transmission device to a data collection unit, the data collection unit storing collected CO 2 emissions data; preparing a CO 2 emission report using the collected data; sharing the report with a vehicle owner through correspondence; offering a variety of CO 2 offsetting packages to offset the captured CO 2 emissions data; selecting a customized CO 2 offsetting package from the variety of CO 2 offsetting packages and corresponding to the captured CO 2 emissions data; monitoring the customized CO 2 offsetting package and collected CO 2 emissions data with respect to the customized CO 2 offsetting package; and receiving credits through the customized CO 2 offsetting package, the credits corresponding to offset CO 2 released from the vehicle.