Carbon footprint? WHAT carbon footprint
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Do they do a 4 ft wide one ? With Chim being the daily runabout and using wood/candles to heat the house, I reckon I will have a fairly broad print. As the temperature has dropped I have replaced the energy effiecient bulbs in the house for filament bulbs so that I don't have to put the central heating on (low energy but continous). An alternative method as far as I'm concern and I get a dual benefit from the energy I use !
I heard an argument recently that suggests -
Drive car 3 miles, emitt 0.9kg CO2
Walk 3 miles, require 100g of beef to replenish calories burnt.
100g of beef emitts 3.9kg CO2 in production
Don't walk drive, halve your footprint by driving your girlfriend about
shoot joggers, they're killing the planet.
(I cannot remember the source, but do remember it being scientificly correct)
Drive car 3 miles, emitt 0.9kg CO2
Walk 3 miles, require 100g of beef to replenish calories burnt.
100g of beef emitts 3.9kg CO2 in production
Don't walk drive, halve your footprint by driving your girlfriend about
shoot joggers, they're killing the planet.
(I cannot remember the source, but do remember it being scientificly correct)
Jappo said:
I'd so love one, but I also like coming back to my car to see that it is still in the same state I left it!
40K so far and nothings dropped off. The only time I've been left stranded was when the master clutch cylinder let go (Ford bit). (Oh and another 30k in the Tuscan with nothing dropped of so far (except the font number plate).A resting person generates around 1kg of CO2 per day, this assumes they are lying down all day, which most of us are not. An active person can easily produce three times that amount - depending upon what they do, but when resting, it is therefore, 41g per hour. When excercising, however, the rates of CO2 production increase by roughly the same rate as the heartbeat which would suggest that the number will double during a spirited walk to around 82g per hour. So, someone walking at, say 2km per hour would produce roughly 82g of CO2, compared to a Ford Mondeo 2.0 litre producing 378 (petrol, according to Government figures).
A brisk walk of 2KM in an hour needs about half a Watt in terms of energy input and this is where I need help - what is the CO2 cost of putting enough grub into a human being for them to expend it in consuming a half Watt of power during a 1 hour period?
My guess is that the previous post is not far off the mark!
A brisk walk of 2KM in an hour needs about half a Watt in terms of energy input and this is where I need help - what is the CO2 cost of putting enough grub into a human being for them to expend it in consuming a half Watt of power during a 1 hour period?
My guess is that the previous post is not far off the mark!
Edited by Jappo on Monday 17th September 23:47
Jappo said:
A resting person generates around 1kg of CO2 per day, this assumes they are lying down all day, which most of us are not. An active person can easily produce three times that amount - depending upon what they do, but when resting, it is therefore, 41g per hour. When excercising, however, the rates of CO2 production increase by roughly the same rate as the heartbeat which would suggest that the number will double during a spirited walk to around 82g per hour. So, someone walking at, say 2km per hour would produce roughly 82g of CO2, compared to a Ford Mondeo 2.0 litre producing 378 (petrol, according to Government figures).
A brisk walk of 2KM in an hour needs about half a Watt in terms of energy input and this is where I need help - what is the CO2 cost of putting enough grub into a human being for them to expend it in consuming a half Watt of power during a 1 hour period?
My guess is that the previous post is not far off the mark!
It's all bolloxs anyway....A brisk walk of 2KM in an hour needs about half a Watt in terms of energy input and this is where I need help - what is the CO2 cost of putting enough grub into a human being for them to expend it in consuming a half Watt of power during a 1 hour period?
My guess is that the previous post is not far off the mark!
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and a graph of the miniscule amount of carbon in the atmosphere is here
PS we add about 3% to the .03% of carbon in the atmosphere, now look me in the eye and say 'we're contributing to Climate Change'
Edited by V8 GRF on Tuesday 18th September 00:34
DonnyMac said:
I heard an argument recently that suggests -
Drive car 3 miles, emitt 0.9kg CO2
Walk 3 miles, require 100g of beef to replenish calories burnt.
100g of beef emitts 3.9kg CO2 in production
Don't walk drive, halve your footprint by driving your girlfriend about
shoot joggers, they're killing the planet.
(I cannot remember the source, but do remember it being scientificly correct)
It was from Sprint - can't remember the source indeed. I got it from New Scientist. There were two separate articles over two weeks' issues.Drive car 3 miles, emitt 0.9kg CO2
Walk 3 miles, require 100g of beef to replenish calories burnt.
100g of beef emitts 3.9kg CO2 in production
Don't walk drive, halve your footprint by driving your girlfriend about
shoot joggers, they're killing the planet.
(I cannot remember the source, but do remember it being scientificly correct)
I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
Derek Smith said:
It was from Sprint - can't remember the source indeed. I got it from New Scientist. There were two separate articles over two weeks' issues.
I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
How can you trivialise something that doesnt exsist? I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
Bob the Planner said:
Jappo said:
I'd so love one, but I also like coming back to my car to see that it is still in the same state I left it!
40K so far and nothings dropped off. The only time I've been left stranded was when the master clutch cylinder let go (Ford bit). (Oh and another 30k in the Tuscan with nothing dropped of so far (except the font number plate).jagdpanther said:
Derek Smith said:
It was from Sprint - can't remember the source indeed. I got it from New Scientist. There were two separate articles over two weeks' issues.
I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
How can you trivialise something that doesnt exsist? I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
V8 GRF said:
jagdpanther said:
Derek Smith said:
It was from Sprint - can't remember the source indeed. I got it from New Scientist. There were two separate articles over two weeks' issues.
I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
How can you trivialise something that doesnt exsist? I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
jagdpanther said:
V8 GRF said:
jagdpanther said:
Derek Smith said:
It was from Sprint - can't remember the source indeed. I got it from New Scientist. There were two separate articles over two weeks' issues.
I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
How can you trivialise something that doesnt exsist? I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
V8 GRF said:
Sorry I missed the tongue in cheek element but it's a regular claim of the pro carbon story that people who don't believe their propaganda don't believe the climate is changing. I accept it's changing just that it's nowt to do with us.
Fully agreedI told you at CITP that Im a cheeky bastid and usually offend someone
lord summerisle said:
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just what every discerning owner should have
V8 GRF said:
jagdpanther said:
Derek Smith said:
It was from Sprint - can't remember the source indeed. I got it from New Scientist. There were two separate articles over two weeks' issues.
I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
How can you trivialise something that doesnt exsist? I also pointed out that when anyone starts their TVR the world becomes a cooler place.
I've had four people telling me that I was trivialising global warming. That's the highest critical postbag I've ever had. To be fair, two were taking the mick but the others were serious.
The Earth is still emerging from its last major ice age therefore, by definition, the it will get gradually warmer until it goes back into the cycle once again. During the last ice age there were massive periods of time when the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was many times higher than it is today - go figure
Nuggs said:
Bob the Planner said:
Jappo said:
I'd so love one, but I also like coming back to my car to see that it is still in the same state I left it!
40K so far and nothings dropped off. The only time I've been left stranded was when the master clutch cylinder let go (Ford bit). (Oh and another 30k in the Tuscan with nothing dropped of so far (except the font number plate).Edited by Jappo on Wednesday 19th September 08:56
Jappo said:
class warfare
Absobloodylutely, and the political parties have hemmed themselves in to backing the green debate (as an easy tax wheeze built on wafer-thin evidence) built with no easy way out. 10 years ago we dismissed the greenies as madmen with beards who crossed their legs and bounced on beds - soon they will be the ultrapoliticos in control...
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