between all the cars about 40k (sports cars), air travel really kicks it up.

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6 "tonnes" a year - mostly because most of my trips are by "underground" and not by car.

Yikes, mine was 27. I drive about 25K a year and fly about once a month. I guess I'll have to find a "greener" job.

I'm at 15 with 5 people in my house.

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I get the feeling that you've been "destroying the planet" since about age 4. =)

My buddy's 3yo son is an absolute human tornado. We call him the destroyer. He has two speeds: [1] sleep, [2] destroy. It's the perfect kid for someone else to have. ;)

You do realise that I cannot tell any of my friends about your adventures, right? They immediately assume I am making it up and no such real person exists. *grin*

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that's nothing, I fart more than that.

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You've got nothing on me. Try 93 tonnes, big guy. I guess my ~2.5 trips/month adds up fast...

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[reply]37 tonnes a year of CO2!!!! I am leading the pack baby!!!



[url "http://www.bp.com/carbonfootprint"]www.bp.com/carbonfootprint[/url]

Pretty cool really...[/reply]

So do you feel any compulsion to do something positive in response to your new position? Just curious.

Positive? Hell, I support the local gas stations (over $600 a month), tire shops ($300 a corner every 10k), 3SX Motor Sports (brake pads, rotors, Motul 600 fluid), and on and on...I am supporting the economy what more positive can you get from that?

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None of your cars are SUV's, no?

Do you know what your actual mpg is?

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No, no SUV's. One is about 16mpg - less at the track...I drive that car most often

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And 40k miles per year is over 100 miles per day. That is a lot of time in your car.

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37 tonnes a year of CO2!!!! I am leading the pack baby!!!

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I figure I personally burned 117,000 gallons of jet & aviation fuel 1980 -2002 . That has to be worth a few tons of CO2.

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7 tonnes in a two person household. We could be better though

18 tonnes

My family of 4 is at 47-53 tonnes a year. Almost all of it (About 37-43 on the graph) comes from me driving 50,000-60,000 miles a year in my hulking huge gas guzzeling full size AWD V8 Chevy Express Full Sized Passenger van for work.

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I'm just a 10 cent rider on a $2,500.00 Bike

My new plan to redeem myself for fuel wasting , 120 -250 Miles per gallon , when gas hits 4.50 -$5.00 . I ordered the engine already , they are always sold out . The "big block" honda GX35 1.6 HP 12 lbs 4 cycle ( no oil mix / no smoke /quiet ) I will make the clutch drive myself.


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[reply]Positive? Hell, I support the local gas stations (over $600 a month), tire shops ($300 a corner every 10k), 3SX Motor Sports (brake pads, rotors, Motul 600 fluid), and on and on...I am supporting the economy what more positive can you get from that?[/reply]

R10C- I don't mean to rip on you (and you don't seem to be thin skinned). I am actually curious if you have any plans to do anything differntly now that you have a measure of your C02 foot print. Really.

For perspective, I firmly believe that we should have the right to choose how much carbon we each burn. Lots of people have good reasons for polluting more than average, but most of us don't.

If our markets reflected more compleetely the costs of consumption, then we could more easily make soicially responsible choices in the context of a free market economy.

No, why would I? What am I going to do? Not drive my car to the office and to meet clients? Not drive to a race? the fact is that one thing leads to another and our ecomomy is a never ending cycle. I buy gas - gas station guy pays his rent. I buy tires, I need to get them mounted...if we all stop spending money someone suffers - then MattinSF starts to say "see I told ya so".

Could I have a carbon foot print that is lower? Sure, I could also live in a tent and only eat fruits and nuts so I dont need to cook my food (as cooking creates carbon).

I figure I dont litter at all, not even the tip of a Gu packet...that is my effort. (I also frequently pick up other jackasses litter as when I hike with Estee I bring a trash bag that is often full by the time a 6 mile hike is up....dont tell MattinSF though).



Oh...#1 source of Methane....FLORIDA! Its the decomposition in the everglades...now what fucker invented the everglades?

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RC10-I'm not suggesting that you skip out on the economy or your clients. I'm certainly not suggesting that you miss races.

Sit in tent and eat friut? Don't be silly.

I'm honestly asking if you think that there is anything that you could do that would reduce your negative impact on ecosystem.

In my opinion, the ecosystem is the foundation of our economic system and our amazing prosperity, so i'm interested in preserving it.

I like my stuff too.

No one can stop "global warming" as it is called - then again, there were no cars around when the ice age ended...hmmmmmmmm...oh wait, tree huggers dont want to talk about that...

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[reply]No one can stop "global warming" as it is called - then again, there were no cars around when the ice age ended...hmmmmmmmm...oh wait, tree huggers dont want to talk about that...[/reply]

I respectfully disagree.

Climate change is a normal phenomenon, but the difference with what we are seeing now is an enormous and RAPID spike in the amount of co2 in the atmosphere over histrorical instead of geological time. The results may well be huge disruptions of our social and economic base. The natural systems will adjust over time, but our culture is truly fucked.

BP and Swiss Re are concerned and I don't think it's just green washing.

I'm interested in looking at ways to shrink our footprints. If your not interested, so be it. We can have an effect and should not just sit back and let things decay.

As a consumer you could demand that your rippin' sports car get amazing mileage on carbon neutral fuel (efficient, fast cars; biodiesel, ethanol). Your house could be designed to conserve or even produce energy(passive and active solar). You could support land use policies that enhance quality of life City not sprawl, presevation of wilderness)

There are lots of ways, and I'm talking free market, all-american stuff.