Carbon Offset Programs:Travel Carbon Neutral-Travel Video Alert Have a good trip…and don’t worry that your flight is spewing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carbon Offset programs are new and making it possible to travel with no carbon footprint. Travel Carbon neutral. This is Kaleel Sakakeeny with your Travel Video Alert More people are flying than ever and the C02 emitted by planes at high altitudes does more harm to the atmosphere than emission from cars, so no one can travel guilt free these days? However, Carbon Offset programs let travelers offset the gas they pass The programs offered on the web and by travel giants like Orbitz and Travelocity calculate how much C02 you’re responsible for while you’re flying the friendly skies They give you a dollar figure to pay to offset your carbon footprint… and they’ll plant a tree with the money or back a wind power program My trip from Boston to San Francisco cost me 7 bucks to offset my ton of Carbon Dioxide, and the company plants a Douglass Fir Tree to make the air a little cleaner. Does it help or just feel good? It takes a 50 years for the tree to grow so I’d rather see the airlines fly more fuel efficient planes, use less congested airports…but mostly I’ d like to see us stop buying big cars burgers and houses. Watch our other travel video alerts