Posted: 03-11-2006 , 06:52 PM #1 | |
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Carbon Footprint
Hi there all you jumblies,
I've been hearing a lot lately about leaving a 'carbon footprint'.It means the tonnage of carbon we leave behind for the next generation.I went onto the site www.carbonfootprint.com entered my details and almost passed out peacefully when I saw my output.....!!!It was enormous!In fact I was about 5 times the average persons output... I recycle,try to eat local produce,only use electricity in the evening so to speak,compost but it appears Im a huge threat to the environment :( Anyway I then went onto the other site www.mycarbonfootprint.eu which lets you choose small changes that will significally reduce your output - phew - but still not enough for me Im afraid.Short of living in the dark,eating grass from my garden, leaving for work at 2am in the morning so I can walk and get there at 7am,im not sure what else I can do :) Would love to know how others got on? Paloula - with the giant footprints.... |
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Posted: 06-11-2006 , 09:01 PM #2 | ||
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Hi paloula, According to the carbon footprint index, my footprint is a little bit smaller than the average UK citizen's. Now! The data I entered could well have been entered by St Patrick (such is my monastic lifestyle) -- no car; infrequent use of buses and trains; one short-haul return flight per year; no burning of oil or gas; an electricity bill of around 500 euros per year; infrequent burning of toast etc -- and I'm just below the average!? Anyway, as you say, Paloula, next to eating grass and walking on a treadmill to generate energy, there is little else I could do to reduce my output. Solar panels are an idea but could prove tricky (see pic of my pad below). By the way, a similar thread was started on JumbleTown a while back. Please see here: http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=62 Anyone else tried these tests? Feedback please. Regards Chris P Admin Note: This picture was taken before I got my decking in. |
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Posted: 12-11-2006 , 09:31 PM #3 | |
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thanks for bumping this Chris.....I'm thinking maybe people are afraid to know what size their footprint is... :) your reply had me laughing out loud....
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Posted: 13-11-2006 , 05:44 PM #4 | |
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I'm not sure how accurate that site was. The first time I was as truthful as could be and keyed in everything I use. I ended up using less than the average citizen. Wahayyy!!!! But then I went back and keyed in oil alone - nothing else, and got only marginally less. The moral of that story (in keeping with the monastic lifestyle set by the admin) is that man cannot live on......er.........oil alone.
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Posted: 28-11-2006 , 10:14 PM #5 | |
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My Footprint
Just calculated mine, 7.8ton compared to 10.9ton CO2. But we have to remember 2 things.
But the good news is that I can offset my households footprint by planting 8 trees and I plan to plant over 100 at the start of the next season. So if anyone wants to purchase carbon credits.... Kagy I would be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered |
Posted: 13-06-2007 , 01:30 PM #6 | |
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May I introduce you to Saint Mimi!
I went in on that too and ended up being way under the uk average. Well pleased I can tell you. But I don't use public transport, I don't drive and don't fly very regularly either (sounds like I never leave the house). As I say, just like Spike almost monastic lifestyle but then when they did the secondary emissions I only came out just below the national average but the calculations weren't based on anything I entered so it's not entirely accurate. So don't worry too much about it. It was interesting though - thanks for the link.
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