Comments on: So you want to calculate your carbon footprint http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/27/so-you-want-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ron http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/27/so-you-want-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/#comment-6938 Ron Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:28:11 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/27/so-you-want-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/#comment-6938 I'm not seeing the usefulness of these calculators. Maybe you should have posted this under 'humor'. I tried several and got a range of 2.82 to 10.6! One put me over the national average and one put me at 'very low'. Some don't ask what kind of car you drive. Some give ranges to choose from, such as electricity bill amounts and mileage, that don't seem specific enough. None that I saw asked about recycling. Also, it seems to me, purchasing and eating habits should be taken into account, etc. Which one do you think is most accurate? I’m not seeing the usefulness of these calculators. Maybe you should have posted this under ‘humor’.

I tried several and got a range of 2.82 to 10.6!

One put me over the national average and one put me at ‘very low’. Some don’t ask what kind of car you drive. Some give ranges to choose from, such as electricity bill amounts and mileage, that don’t seem specific enough. None that I saw asked about recycling. Also, it seems to me, purchasing and eating habits should be taken into account, etc.

Which one do you think is most accurate?

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/27/so-you-want-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/#comment-6948 Joe Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:13:56 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/27/so-you-want-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/#comment-6948 I'd go with LBNL's -- it seems the most comprehensive. I’d go with LBNL’s — it seems the most comprehensive.

]]> By: Ron http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/27/so-you-want-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/#comment-7011 Ron Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:11:36 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/11/27/so-you-want-to-calculate-your-carbon-footprint/#comment-7011 Speaking of carbon footprints, I saw this in a Smithsonian article from February of this year. I thought it was ironic. "[Susan Solomon] a no-nonsense 51-year-old atmospheric chemist, .... a co-leader of the massive new study, along with Qin Dahe, a climatologist from the China Meteorological Administration in Beijing. Solomon will become the public face of the U.N. report, in charge of presenting the best scientific thinking on the subject of global warming and the evidence that it is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. "The science is strong," she says, "and we'll be presenting a consensus view." Here comes the funny part: "To reach that consensus, Solomon logged more than 400,000 air miles over the past four years ...." I bet her footprint would scare Sasquatch! Speaking of carbon footprints, I saw this in a Smithsonian article from February of this year. I thought it was ironic.

“[Susan Solomon] a no-nonsense 51-year-old atmospheric chemist, …. a co-leader of the massive new study, along with Qin Dahe, a climatologist from the China Meteorological Administration in Beijing. Solomon will become the public face of the U.N. report, in charge of presenting the best scientific thinking on the subject of global warming and the evidence that it is caused by the burning of fossil fuels. “The science is strong,” she says, “and we’ll be presenting a consensus view.”

Here comes the funny part:

“To reach that consensus, Solomon logged more than 400,000 air miles over the past four years ….”

I bet her footprint would scare Sasquatch!

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