Fossil fuels consumed for a MusicMatters® CoolTour^sm
Here is how it works:

Burning Fossil Fuels Causes Global Warming. Burning fossil fuels like coal to make electricity produces carbon dioxide and other global warming pollution. So does driving trucks and buses, and flying in airplanes.

Building New Wind Farms Helps Fight Global Warming. When wind farms generate their clean electricity, the grid operators have to turn down other generators to compensate, because there can’t be too much electricity flowing onto the grid at any time. They generally turn down generators that burn fossil fuels. By making these polluting power plants run less often, wind farms reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other pollution emitted into our atmosphere.

Many Wind Farms Need Extra Financial Support. In recent years, wind farms have become much more competitive with polluting power plants. But today, the clean electricity generated by many wind farms still costs more than dirty electricity. Before building new wind farms, developers must find a way to cover their extra costs.

You Can Provide Financial Support for New Wind Farms. To cover their extra costs, some wind farms sell "Green Tags" – a widely traded commodity that consists of the rights to the carbon dioxide and other emissions reductions associated with green electricity. The electric industry developed Green Tags so that people who can’t buy green electricity can achieve the same environmental benefits – by buying Green Tags to offset the pollution from their consumption of dirty electricity or their use of fossil fuels. Environmentally, buying electricity and Green Tags is the same as buying green electricity.

MusicMatters® CoolTour^sm Helps Build New Wind Farms. Most sellers of Green Tags sell them from existing generators. Our partner NativeEnergy took a new approach, using Green Tags to help build new wind farms. MusicMatters® CoolTour^sm participants buy – in advance – all the Green Tags to be generated by the wind farms over their expected operating life of 25 years. This provides critically important up-front financial support and so helps get these wind farms up and running. You can tell your fans that you’re helping build the first Native American-owned large-scale wind turbine in the country. Environmentally speaking, that's a lot better than buying green electricity or Green Tags from wind farms that were built some time ago. Folks who really want to make a difference help build new wind farms!

Find out more about MusicMatters® CoolTour^sm, who we are already working with, and how you can help make a world of difference

Find out how you can help make a world of difference, call MusicMatters at 612-377-1142, or email info@musicmatters.net