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How many trips will be made Carbon Neutral
#269836 - 22/09/07 12:17 pm
How many trips will be made Carbon Neutral
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WickedPowder
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While Traveling to the various overseas detsinations you will likely produce in excess of 10 tonnes of CO2 equivilents.
Athough it is not the solution buying carbon offsets drives investment into technologies that do reduce our impact so we can travel with little guilt.
I am interested in how many of you have considered offseting your travel emissions, and how you go about it.
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#269840 - 22/09/07 12:27 pm
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Thanks wickedpowder.
Not feeling at all guilty about that issue. I think that is what they want you to feel.
But good luck to you if you want to do it. Ill be interested in what people say, and how much money actually makes it to the final carbon offset.
I know im cynical in this area, but i would expect a whole bunch of con merchants to get into this game and fleece a whole bunch of good people. The scams will hit the fan in a couple of years.
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#269849 - 22/09/07 12:55 pm
Re: How many trips will be made Carbon Neutral
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Thanks Taipan,
The questions is a little loaded, I work as an engineer for a Carbon Reduction organisation.
[Deleted by Admin to remove the SPAM component. Discuss the topic without pushing your company and it is fine]
I am doing a study on the transport industry and the effects that carbon trading will have on prices. I am trying to get an understanding of how much the voluntary uptake is, particularly in an industry that has a lot to lose from climate change.
As Skiiers we probably all should feel a little guilty, I particularly would like to pass on some powder days to my kids without them having to travel to Antartica.
It is good your cynical, there are many cons and one must be shore you are dealing with a reputable organisation using verified Carbon offsets before you sepdn the money.
We have undertaken many studies about creating Carbon Credits, one fact I can tell; is the average cost to reduce a tonne of CO2 through energy efficency is a little under $10. When this 'low hanging' fruit disapears in a little over 2 years, reducing a tonne of CO2e through energy efficency should cost between $15 - $18
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#269881 - 22/09/07 01:58 pm
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Your just a new religion chasing donations. Scaremongering about the imminent doomsday. Get a real job and learn to spell engoneer.
I can smell spam
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#269887 - 22/09/07 02:21 pm
Re: How many trips will be made Carbon Neutral
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Im not employed for my spelling. As far as a real job I sugest you type the term Carbon Neutral into google and read a few of the news articles that pop up.
The Voluntary Carbon market now includes some of the largest firms in Australia and around the world. Firms include Prace Waterhouse Coppers, HSBC, National Australia Bank, Google are just a few that have anouced they will be Carbon Neutral soon.
The Carbon market is already large and is expected to grow in excess of 15 trillion dollars per annum globally. Happy to leave you all the real jobs and I'll just stick to my pretend one.
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#269903 - 22/09/07 02:58 pm
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This is not spam, sorry to say it seems to be a legitimate post!
So welcome WickedPowder
The answer for me is ZERO !  Sorry!
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#269967 - 22/09/07 03:53 pm
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Yes I was 100% certain on that point. 
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#269977 - 22/09/07 04:26 pm
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Wicked Powder - why does your company exist?
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#269992 - 22/09/07 04:48 pm
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The mission of the business is to foster a low carbon economy where by businesses and consumers may take action against climate change simply by chosing LowCO2 and NoCO2 certified businesses.
Primarily we assess and certify organisations for reductions in CO2 equivilent emissions they make. We specialise on accounting for emissions generated through an organisations supply chain, refered to as scope 3 emissions under the GHG (Greenhouse gas) protocol.
The area of the business I work in is abatement consultancy, through which we assess emissions reduction technologies and their ability to generate verified/certified emissions reductions (Carbon Credits). We often provied model's determining the impact of carbon trading on businesses and advise on abatement oportunities that they may profit from hence this question about voluntary offsets.
We cerfify calculations that are made by companies within our industry insuring the accuracy of the claims they make, like the calculators used to offest flight emissions.
Edited by WickedPowder (22/09/07 04:50 pm)
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#269995 - 22/09/07 04:57 pm
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So someone completely new comes to this forum, displays no interest in skiing and starts trying to sell a product/company or convert us to their beliefs.
This has happened a few times before, and every single time it has turned out to be...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ODshB09FQ8w&mode=related&search=
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#270006 - 22/09/07 05:21 pm
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American food will have me contributing greatly to emissions while I am in their country.
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#270008 - 22/09/07 05:24 pm
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I am interested in knowing how many skiers offset the emissions of sking holidays. I thought quite relative to this forum, particularly consdiering the ski industry has so much to lose from global warming.
There is no intention to SPAM, I have simply answered a question.
There is little benifit for me to promote the company on a ski forum.
Dont worry Bogong I have read pleanty of your cr@p for the last few seasons, I am realy so new.
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#270031 - 22/09/07 06:13 pm
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Bogong, It is a pitty you have placed your tainted views on a question that was simply about understanding what others may think and have done. Whether your are in the overwhelming majority of people who have accepted climate change or whether you are one of the few remaining in the dark ages I don't care. My question is simple, do people in the ski industry offset their travel emissions, and what methods have they chosen to do this.
Unfortunatly you have plundged this into a debate about global warming and I think we will know get very few answers.
I assume that you have never offset emissions so I have 2*no and 0*yes.
Edited by WickedPowder (22/09/07 06:14 pm)
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#270037 - 22/09/07 06:24 pm
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In answer to your question... no, I won't be offsetting my carbon emissions because global warming is a crock. 
Edited by Ian D (24/09/07 10:15 am)
Edit Reason: Removed spam quote
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#270062 - 22/09/07 07:24 pm
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Bogong, It is a pitty you have placed your tainted views on a question that was simply about understanding what others may think and have done. Whether your are in the overwhelming majority of people who have accepted climate change or whether you are one of the few remaining in the dark ages I don't care. My question is simple, do people in the ski industry offset their travel emissions, and what methods have they chosen to do this.
You've come in from a pretty biased point of view yourself by calling his views tainted & in the Dark Ages.
Myself i've not even contemplated thinking about this issue.
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#270078 - 22/09/07 08:05 pm
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So, WickedPowder, embracing this false economy huh? Oh well, one way to maybe get those capitalist bastards thinking greener. What a crock.
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#270144 - 22/09/07 10:01 pm
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No, I'm NOT paying somebody to offset my Co2.
I planted 12 trees this weekend, I have a water tank, energy efficient light bulbs and my quarterly electricity account is under $100. (for 3 people)
So I'd say I'm already offsetting my Co2 by reducing it at home.
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#270165 - 22/09/07 10:44 pm
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Interesting.....
I'm involved with a company that recycles 100% of all household waste, creates volatiles to burn to power itself & ends up with 70% of the input waste being turned into a totally neutral organic growth medium....... leaving about 20% to landfill.
I wonder what its "carbon footprint" is?
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#270205 - 23/09/07 12:49 am
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No, I'm NOT paying somebody to offset my Co2. I planted 12 trees this weekend, I have a water tank, energy efficient light bulbs and my quarterly electricity account is under $100. (for 3 people) So I'd say I'm already offsetting my Co2 by reducing it at home.
ditto - do my best to reduce energy usage at home through all sensible means, ride bike to work, lots of small things. I may or may not be doing my bit to slow global warming depending on who you believe, but at least I save a few bucks ;-}. Just seems a sensible thing to do regardless.
But I'd need a lot of convincing about the worth of buying carbon offsets.
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#270220 - 23/09/07 03:02 am
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Ah, Bogong, time to take your own advice then mate. I agree with you, but no more posts. You're getting shrill.
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