Comments on: Reducing your carbon footprint from travel http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Ken Levenson http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9829 Ken Levenson Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:19:11 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9829 If you want to get these flying suggestions plus "a million" more simple, straight-forward suggestions to reducing your footprint NOW, simply download the Checklist Toward Zero Carbon from here http://checklisttowardzerocarbon.wordpress.com/00-download-the-checklist/ Download it, copy it, edit it for your local conditions, make it your own and pass it on. If you want to get these flying suggestions plus “a million” more simple, straight-forward suggestions to reducing your footprint NOW, simply download the Checklist Toward Zero Carbon from here http://checklisttowardzerocarbon.wordpress.com/00-download-the-checklist/
Download it, copy it, edit it for your local conditions, make it your own and pass it on.

]]> By: JMG http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9831 JMG Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:41:09 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9831 It's the refusal of people who otherwise get it -- people who buy Prii, wax rhapsodic about their minimal food miles and vegetarian habits, and who think that Hummers are an abomination and Exxon is the anti-Christ -- to apply their understanding to their own behavior that persuades me that we are well and truly screwed and are generally not at all serious about stopping a runaway climate express. Who needs delayers when we have so many realists who act so unrealistically? I have a good friend, a wonderful person, who is making his fifth or sixth jet flight to Central America to do research for a master's degree in foresty (a study on carbon sequestration). His experience will be the ultimate Pyrrhic victory for the climate: "many more victories like this and we are lost." It’s the refusal of people who otherwise get it — people who buy Prii, wax rhapsodic about their minimal food miles and vegetarian habits, and who think that Hummers are an abomination and Exxon is the anti-Christ — to apply their understanding to their own behavior that persuades me that we are well and truly screwed and are generally not at all serious about stopping a runaway climate express. Who needs delayers when we have so many realists who act so unrealistically?

I have a good friend, a wonderful person, who is making his fifth or sixth jet flight to Central America to do research for a master’s degree in foresty (a study on carbon sequestration). His experience will be the ultimate Pyrrhic victory for the climate: “many more victories like this and we are lost.”

]]> By: JCH http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9833 JCH Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:31:46 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9833 I haven't been on an airplane since years before 9-11. I took a vacation in Australia. I can't agree with what you are saying, JMG, independent individual actions can't do a thing. Society will either make this change at the herd level, or Lemming out. I haven’t been on an airplane since years before 9-11. I took a vacation in Australia.

I can’t agree with what you are saying, JMG, independent individual actions can’t do a thing. Society will either make this change at the herd level, or Lemming out.

]]> By: Paul K http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9834 Paul K Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:44:46 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9834 JCH, The idea that independent individual actions can’t do a thing is wrong on many levels. While most proposals are top down in nature, the actual nuts and bolts of transforming to carbon free energy is a bottom up process. Over the next 40 years every house, every factory and commercial building, every car, every office must be powered by technologies very different from those widely used today. This will take millions of individual actions and the sooner we begin, the faster the goal will be reached. No solution can succeed if its implementation depends on imposition by authority, however benevolent that authority may be. JCH,
The idea that independent individual actions can’t do a thing is wrong on many levels. While most proposals are top down in nature, the actual nuts and bolts of transforming to carbon free energy is a bottom up process. Over the next 40 years every house, every factory and commercial building, every car, every office must be powered by technologies very different from those widely used today. This will take millions of individual actions and the sooner we begin, the faster the goal will be reached. No solution can succeed if its implementation depends on imposition by authority, however benevolent that authority may be.

]]> By: CORman http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9851 CORman Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:09:56 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9851 I believe individuals will begin to take action. I know from the traffic and response CarbonOffsetREVIEW.com. We threw together this little site for folks to view all of the carbon offset providers from every country. www.carbonoffsetreview.com I believe individuals will begin to take action. I know from the traffic and response CarbonOffsetREVIEW.com.

We threw together this little site for folks to view all of the carbon offset providers from every country. www.carbonoffsetreview.com

]]> By: paulm http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9883 paulm Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:15:39 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9883 get all your flying out of the way this year...its going to be too expensive after that ... so there, that will help! get all your flying out of the way this year…its going to be too expensive after that … so there, that will help!

]]> By: Danny Bloom http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9918 Danny Bloom Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:15:00 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9918 Tufts Climate Initiative? What's that all about? Must go check. I went to Tufts, 19671971. Even graduated. Since 1983, I basically don't fly. IDF. I Don't Fly. Tufts Climate Initiative? What’s that all about? Must go check. I went to Tufts, 19671971. Even graduated.

Since 1983, I basically don’t fly. IDF. I Don’t Fly.

]]> By: Danny Bloom http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9919 Danny Bloom Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:18:25 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9919 A blogger/humorst over at Dot Earth named bekow says this re that: "The readership [here] is considered to include prospects for the new Gulfstream G650 executive jet. What does that tell you about the likelihood of reduced carbon emissions?" — Posted by Steve Bolger over at Dot Earth a few days ago A blogger/humorst over at Dot Earth named bekow says this re that:

“The readership [here] is considered to include prospects for the new Gulfstream G650 executive jet.

What does that tell you about the likelihood of reduced carbon emissions?”

— Posted by Steve Bolger over at Dot Earth a few days ago

]]> By: Anna Haynes http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9947 Anna Haynes Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:22:14 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9947 What's the best videoconferencing solution, to replace air travel? What’s the best videoconferencing solution, to replace air travel?

]]> By: Jay Alt http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9977 Jay Alt Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:22:12 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9977 Aviation contributes about 2% of global GHG emissions. That isn't much compared to transport or building sectors (~40%). But it is becoming more important and could double or triple in the decades ahead. And the EU is threatening to take unilateral actions that could effect US carriers. Scientists aren't sure just what happens to the emissions or whether the resulting contrails, mostly at critical altitudes between the tropo and stratosphers, have a warming or cooling effect. Nitrous oxides at those altitudes could have many effects. So it would be a very good idea to know what is happening, in addition to working to reduce emissions. This man testified after Gore last spring and has a familiar suggestion - more $ for research. He is also the US coordinator for aviation efforts and an author of all 4 IPCC reports. http://gop.science.house.gov/hearings/space07/March%2022/wuebbles.pdf It seems to me that at the moment aviation emissions may have a higher exposure profile than their effects really merit. Travel by leaders is often pointed to as a sign of 'hypocrisy.' Aviation contributes about 2% of global GHG emissions. That isn’t much compared to transport or building sectors (~40%). But it is becoming more important and could double or triple in the decades ahead. And the EU is threatening to take unilateral actions that could effect US carriers.

Scientists aren’t sure just what happens to the emissions or whether the resulting contrails, mostly at critical altitudes between the tropo and stratosphers, have a warming or cooling effect. Nitrous oxides at those altitudes could have many effects. So it would be a very good idea to know what is happening, in addition to working to reduce emissions.

This man testified after Gore last spring and has a familiar suggestion - more $ for research.
He is also the US coordinator for aviation efforts and an author of all 4 IPCC reports.
http://gop.science.house.gov/ hearings/ space07/ March%2022/ wuebbles.pdf

It seems to me that at the moment aviation emissions may have a higher exposure profile than their effects really merit. Travel by leaders is often pointed to as a sign of ‘hypocrisy.’

]]> By: paulm http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9985 paulm Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:41:04 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/03/21/reducing-your-carbon-footprint-from-travel/#comment-9985 ....get all your flying out of the way this year…its going to be too expensive after that … so there, that will help!.... here the link... http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/20/easyjetbusiness.theairlineindustry ….get all your flying out of the way this year…its going to be too expensive after that … so there, that will help!….

here the link…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ business/ 2008/ mar/ 20/ easyjetbusiness.theairlineindustry

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