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  See My Take

  You, like I, fell victim to perpetuating this story:

  http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/seven-grams-per-g ...

  Agree
  

  • The LBL study is definitive
    
  • Telecommuting, if you can it, is a good thing

  Disagree
  
  • I don't take Google's number as gospel - they have a self-interest in reporting something low.
    
  • Efficiency is not the solution, conservation is.

  YouTube as much as possible?

  markOn The energy impact of web searches is very low posted 10 months, 1 week ago 5 Responses

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  Environmentalists Missing a Great Opportunity...

  to buy a used SUV!  As you said Joe, prices on these things are simply tumbling.

  If you have already cut your driving to all but essential trips, you might get better value out of a two or three year old SUV than a Prius.  It's easy to get one for around 7K these days; compare that to 25K+ for a Prius.  And the SUV, for bad or better, is already here - you don't need to manufacture a new car.

  You will also be paying real money for every mile you drive in an SUV - a lot more money than you would in a Prius.  Assuming that environmentlists respond to price signals as well as everyone else, this will be a tremendous incentive not to drive.  I know - I'm an environmentalist who bought an SUV.

  It's surprising how many of the eco-conscious are ready to promote purchasing new transportation technology without considering the economics of the buy. To borrow a term from Jim Kunstler, ecos seems to be perpetuating the era of "Happy Motoring" as well or better than most other groups.  Few want to to take the hard steps - stop driving, and pay dearly in your real, hard-earned cash for every mile driven.On No schadenfreude over the death of SUVs posted 1 year, 3 months ago 59 Responses

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  I don't see...

  
  how this survey addresses the guilt issue; it paints a demographic of who the typical customer is, the actions they take, etc., and I think it's pretty interesting.  But the survey is not about the feelings people have when doing these things; in fact, one could say they do everything on the survey out of guilt.  Or, out of hope.  Or, out of thriftiness.  It doesn't ask pointed questions linking feelings to their actions.  Basically, the survey doesn't operationalize guilt.On Offset customers don't buy offsets to justify their other behavior posted 2 years, 2 months ago 37 Responses

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  Wow! On Grist!

  How exciting!

  http://www.treehugger.com/authors/index.php?author=marko

  But it's only 750 mWh in the first article

  http://ecoiron.blogspot.com/2007/07/facts-and-fallacies-o ...

  and this takes into account the LCD screens.  

  markOn Back(ground) in black posted 2 years, 3 months ago 8 Responses

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  Thanks

  The rule of thumb followed by most people will be, "If I have to sacrifice anything, forget it." And that is the rule of thumb we should design our solutions around."

  Finally a strike at the root of the issue; there is no reason to sacrifice your cash to solve the carbon problem.  These two simple sentences negate every personal offsetting scheme.

  Thank you.
  On Trees should play a bigger role posted 2 years, 4 months ago 27 Responses