Must-Have Mastercard
Fintura GreenPay Mastercard
Featured item: AUG 10, 2007
So much easier than carrying a wad of cash around, Mastercard is accepted at most places and this one has no annual fee.
The card is made from recycled plastic. When you activate your account, you'll automatically offset 10,000 pounds of CO² (the average annual emission of a car in the US). For every net dollar you spend, the company will invest in energy efficient projects to offset five pounds of CO².
Though credit counselors, financial advice columnists and my fiscal killjoy of an ex-boyfriend might beg to differ, expanding your credit card wardrobe can be a good thing. At least in one case: The Fintura Corporation has just introduced its GreenPay Mastercard, the carbon-offsetting answer to all those mileage-earning wonders in your wallet. For every net dollar you put on this particular piece of plastic (recycled, natch), five pounds of CO² will be "retired"—a term that would seem to imply a CO² mahjongg league in Boca, but that in fact refers to energy efficiency projects that absorb or prevent the release of CO². You'll also get the eco-equivalent of a signing bonus: When you activate your account, you'll automatically offset 10,000 pounds of CO² (the average annual emission of a car in the US). Flagrant assuaging of consumerist guilt? Perhaps. A great idea anyway? Absolutely. —Abbie Kozolchyk
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elizabet said:
I would advise anyone to WAIT until they post their "Summary of Terms" content.
Aug. 10, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. EDT
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