Cool Pool Tas is moving forward for a place in the face of carbon emissions abatement... We are, afterall, encouraging and providing a meaningful resource to have less cars on the roads = less carbon in the atmosphere.
Although it may not be possible to be officially accredited as a carbon offset organisation, given the restructuring occuring at the Federal level (see email below), we want to encourage organisations and individuals to invest in us so that we can ensure Tasmania's carpooling community grows- ultimately reducing our impact on climate change.  Furthermore, Cool Pool Tas is not deterred by the Government's restructuring for accreditation, so we will continue to research possibilities of more official accreditation at State and Federal levels.
Here is an emailed response on the Government's current changes to their abatement program and their thoughts on Carpooling as a carbon abatement:
Since 2001, the Government’s program for accrediting abatement projects to generate offsets was Greenhouse Friendly. However, the introduction of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) will have implications for abatement projects approved under the Greenhouse Friendly program. The broad coverage under the CPRS means that once the CPRS is introduced there will be less scope to pursue offset activities, with offsets likely to be limited to emissions sources not covered by the CPRS.  For that reason, no applications for new Greenhouse Friendly Abatement Providers are being  accepted and the Greenhouse Friendly program will end on 1 July 2010.
To replace Greenhouse Friendly, the Government is currently developing the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). The NCOS will provide guidance on what constitutes a genuine, additional voluntary offset credit. Offsets under the NCOS are likely to be limited to emissions sources not covered by the CPRS. Since transport emissions is covered by the CPRS, it is unlikely that a carpooling project would be able to generate credits under the NCOS.
For more details on the NCOS, see the draft standard and discussion paper released in December 2008.  The final NCOS is planned for release before the end of this year.