Carbon Footprint Calculator - Calculate Your Impact on Climate Change
My score is 75 for household of 4. I thought it would be higher - must be these cheapo hondas I drive
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Carbon Footprint Calculator - Calculate Your Impact on Climate Change
My score is 75 for household of 4. I thought it would be higher - must be these cheapo hondas I drive
Seems like whoever designed that, think the US is the largest contributor. :shrug:
Wouldn't let me take the test coz there are no options for different countries. ;)
Can't be bothered as I'm too busy breathing! I just got to do my part for CO2!
Well I have to say upfront I believe the whole global warming issue to be total BS in the first place, but for those of you that do believe in that...
My house is way below the National average of 53 for a 2 person household we score a solid 35 and really don't do anything special other than what saves us $$$ personally....
I'm above the national average for two person households, mostly because I drive a large gas guzzling vehicle. I'd like to see anything smaller carry the amount of stuff that is required for my job, it can't happen, but there is no allowance for actually having to work for a living. I should also get bonus points because my work environment uses no heating or cooling at all.
I'm also trying to figure out how eating organically produced food reduces my carbon footprint because it requires more land to feed me when the food is grown organically. I also had to check but my garden technically isn't organic yet between my garden and fruit trees I get a lot of food.
I wonder if I should get credit because I preserve five acres of wetland in my back yard and have planted thousands of trees on my property. There wasn't a line for that.
23 for two people! we do what we can but are not too strict. Mostly to save money like sixgun...we're poor:(
Mine isn't too bad, 30, but it's one of those necessity things for the most part. I'm with Glen- I do it because it saves money, not the environment. If the tree huggers were that worried about my 5.7 liter red monster, they would pay for a biodiesel conversion on it and make it more efficient rather than harping on me for something I can't afford to do without or change.
Vroom vroom my friends:cool:
92 family of 3! says i should waste another $1840 to cleanse my guilt... i thought buying indulgences went out with Martin Luther!
personally i do not think human play a role in the alleged "global warming theory" we are too insignificant to matter. think about volcanoes and the big fusion reactor in the sky!
Ok, ok I'm with the majority here who don't quite buy the global warming hype. that being said, I scored a fifty three for a household of five!
I admit TO A DEGREE that something is happening to the Planet. algore and all the "Chicken Littles" of the environ-mental movement are completely FULL of Tennessee Road Apples. The Earth is too big and complex to explain with a simple model. When the Weather Bureau can tell me with COMPLETE accuracy what the weather is going to be in TEN DAYS, then I'll listen to what they say about the next hundred years.
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I could only get a 78. I'll have to start smoking coal in my pipe.
Hey they forgot to include C02 that is made by me and you. That has to figure in. Fat people put out more CO2 than thin people so let's start taxing them more and maybe if we tax them enough that they will die :tu, then we will have eliminated someone that was using more than their fair share, by God!
Later,
R
Thats an interesting thought! And since the global warming crowd are playing God why don't we take it a step further and just start openly executing, say, 100 people a day based on a lottery, all in the name of saving the planet!Quote:
Originally Posted by riooso
Is that the same self-loathing exhibited by the extreme elite liberal philosophy found in pockets throughout the USA? "We hate ourselves because the earth is perfect and we are scum and so are you"Quote:
Originally Posted by JMS
:roflmao:roflmao:roflmao If your ever in San Diego, look me up and we will go get a beer or two! Maybe a couple of stogies to do some real damage to mother earth!Quote:
Originally Posted by hoglahoo
:eek: How dare you enjoy anything at the expense of the sacred fruit of the earth?! We want the earth to be perfect for all of the animals and for needy people. Everyone else should be very sad that they ever enjoyed anything in their miserable livesQuote:
Originally Posted by JMS
[Edit: Was that a little harsh? I don't like it when I whine...]
I heard somewhere that one of the leading causes of Global co2 production was cow flatulence, so I'm doing my part and going out for a steak. Might eat a lamb too while I'm at it, just doing my part :D:w.
36 for me and my wife, and that's for the two of us driving 600 miles a week in cars that aren't especially efficient.
I use CF tubes in my light fixtures and installed a fancy thermostat (almost burned the house down with a soldering iron... how much CO2 would that have released?) but that was to save money on the electric bill more than anything.
as I've said before, I'm a Texan, and we don't believe in the environment.
That's got to be the single best thing I've read/heard all day:roflmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by jockeys
Mine is 310,but I fly around a lot for fun,and business,Im also a Texican,and dont give a shit about the environment,Ill let the folks in California,and Europe sacrifice to help out .Best Regards gary
Since we are part of nature, it could be argued that whatever the results of what we do, it's natural.
:hmmm::shrug:
I didn't score as well as I thought I would, but then the survey was quite biased. They don't take in to account that I live on a boat and many of the other things that I do (see my posting on Earth Day about what I do).
For me, it isn't about global warming which I think is a natural phenomenon, but more about respecting the environment; the same environment which gives us life. To me, it is all about balance, and we are way out of balance with our natural surroundings. I don't worry about it though, because the Earth will survive and fight back to survive. I just sit back and enjoy it happening; like the rise in temperature, sever storms, shortage of oil, floods, etc... I know most will think that it is wrong, but is it anymore wrong than destroying everything around you? To me, we are all part of the same being, and I don't worry about the final outcome so much, because it will balance itself out, but I do like taking care of my surroundings and that which gives me life.
53 for a family of three. I do it both for cost savings and also to help the
environment. I am one who does believe in global warming.
John
Someone talking a little sense, hey?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
It's not about belief. The facts are in, the evidence overwhelming and only ALL THE most reputable sources are giving out the straight goods. If you've formed an irrational 'belief' based on disinformation you should toss that out and start again. I respectfully submit some compact information from one of the greatest Environmental Scientists alive (or dead for that matter), Dr. David Suzuki. PLEASE (and I do mean 'pretty please') review the information enclosed in the following link. It will only take a few moments and I'm sure it will be educational to all. It was for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
David Suzuki Foundation: Climate change : Science of Climate Change
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I looked at his website and I saw, "The facts are in! NO discussion! Let MY conscience be YOUR guide..." Those are the Tennessee Road Apples I referred to in my previous post.
I am willing to look at compelling arguments. I am willing to rethink my position, IF I am shown new and radically different information. So far all I have seen is algore's wallet and waist expanding and a few shrill catch phrases. I am unimpressed. How many tens of millions has he made off this gig? Hasn't his bank account grown by something like a hundred million dollars while he sings "The sky is falling..."
And if we've already passed the 'tipping point' and we can really do nothing but watch the show, then let's build a few more Oil Refineries and watch the show while we pay a buck fifty for gas.
I have seen NO proof. I have heard THEORIES out the wazoo. I hear inpassioned pleas by the score. No proof.
Sorry.
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Pretending I was form CA, I came to 34 for a 4 person household.
The global warming debate is far from over btw. It's funny how people say that the reputable scientists all agree with them, and the frauds don't.
Global warming has become a religion where there is no room for debate.
Or rather, it has become a football match where a small number of scientists are kicking the ball around, and millions are watching, getting upset over everything, with a hardcore group of hooligans knocking each other's brains out for supporting the wrong team.
... and promptly pulled the wool back over your eyes without actually seeing any further ... by your own admission.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Jeeter
The evidence was just beyond where you chose to stop looking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Jeeter
I'd also like to humbly suggest that you gentlemen join me in reading the material included in my Critical Thinking signature link. I know I need it frequently. I like to scour it regularly with scepticism. I wish more people would also, but I guess it's true what they say about leading a horse to water.
Peace and Love be upon you all,
X
"... and promptly pulled the wool back over your eyes without actually seeing any further ... by your own admission."
See it however you CHOOSE, I admitted nothing.
"The evidence was just beyond where you chose to stop looking."
And how did you decide just where I chose to stop looking? There are thousands, yes I said THOUANDS of reputable scientists who disagree with the concept of "man made global warming." One of them is John Goodman, the man who FOUNDED The Weather Channel.
Junk science doesn't impress me. Neither do tears and hysteria.
Feel free to believe whatever you want, just extend the same courtesy to the rest of us, please.
Here's a bit that you seem to have missed, while you were deciding what I did, or didn't see:
"I am willing to look at compelling arguments. I am willing to rethink my position, IF I am shown new and radically different information."
With all due respect my friend, I have only heard two people make such statements, and that would be Kantian Pragmatist and Xman. I've heard a lot of jokes and poking fun at one side or the other. I've also heard by most here, "This is the way that I see it, and this is what makes sense to me! Give me a reasonable argument and I may believe differently"! I know that I poke a lot of fun at global warming but in all honesty I am always open to a well reasoned argument that might change my mind!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
As far as the religion statement, yes, I agree 100%!
I meant the hardliners of course. My statement was more a general observation about human nature in situations with a lot of emotional investment.
I am open to both sides of the debate, but given the vast amount of studies with wildly varying results, and the amount of data massaging to come to those conclusion (like the infamous hockey stick model) the only conclusion for me is 'we don't know'.
So while I do my best to limit the pollution I cause (for non GW reasons) I am not getting worked up about global warming.
I guess I was a little to focused on SRP rather than the big wide world all around us!:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Bruno
After the headlines you quoted. Perhaps I assume too much. My bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Jeeter
And they're largely well paid by Big Oil as was explained on the site I linked you to and makes them quite disreputable actually. They have openly stated that their agenda is to eliminate the concept of a crisis. Their words are false. There is actually scientific consensus on climate change. That's fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Jeeter
BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER: The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change -- Oreskes 306 (5702): 1686 -- Science
Oh no, I caught that, but what it says is, "I reserve the right NOT to be sceptical".Quote:
Originally Posted by Brother Jeeter
Brother Skeeter, my friend, I have delivered you three buckets of factual water now.
I can see you're not thirsty.
X
Did you guys remember to also input the carbon content of your razors?
Obviuosly the high carbon content of fine razor steel is melting the ice shelves!
Not the carbon in my razors. I am using underpaid polar bears to construct new razors for me using the carbon waste from my current razors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim
What makes you think we in Europe give a sh*t, I must have been born in Texas and not told about it I couldn’t give a flying *^()”+***Quote:
Originally Posted by Traveller
"All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth." - Chief Seattle
One thing I find very interesting, DSailing alluded to it, is that they never tak into account your living situation and the natural recources available to you when talking about these things.
Here's an example:
I live in Michigan, we have fresh water, lots of it. On the other hand it tends to be fairly cool here without much sun. Heating water for washing takes a lot of energy, so if I use twice as much cold water as hot I am in a position where I use less irreplacable expensive recources.
If I lived in Arizona, Heat would be easy to come by. Water on the other hand...... So if I can use half as much water by heating it more I use less recources.
Why is this never taken into account?
Because they are only interested in proving their point and showing how evil us humans are!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildtim
Are we not also a natural product of the earth?
Yes we are a part of nature, but that does not mean that we have dominion over it or the right to destroy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by JMS
Although this calculator is missing much and may be biased, at least it reflects a change in the human focus to maybe just maybe detroy a little less of our home.
"Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste." - Chief Seattle
Seattle was a Dude of the first order. Very wise.