Carbon fad diet

Slate and TH challenge readers to lose 2.5 tons apiece

Posted by Payton Chung (Guest Contributor) at 1:19 PM on 23 Oct 2006

Slate and fellow green blog TreeHugger have just launched an eight-week Green Challenge carbon diet. The goal: to get readers to cut their carbon emissions 20 percent through the usual variety of actions. The kicker: an interactive "my emissions" evaluation tool that friends can use to challenge one another. Nothing like a little competition to spice things up.

(I'd love to share my results, especially since this week's theme is transportation, but it's not yet working for me. Anyone else?)

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me either

login is definitely currently broken. it makes me sad.

by chelsl at 3:59 PM on 23 Oct 2006

Just worked for me

Your annual carbon emissions are 73,164.52 lbs.

Egad! I even bike everywhere.

by claxton6 at 4:06 PM on 23 Oct 2006

although

The action quiz results (what impact what you've committed to do will have) aren't working.

by claxton6 at 4:13 PM on 23 Oct 2006

There is only so much an individual can do

not to mention that 99% of the people are not willing to do anything. Change has to happen in our infrastructure. Power generation and transportation technologies have to be greatly improved. This is going to take some wise governance... depressing thought.

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

by biodiversivist at 4:25 PM on 23 Oct 2006

24,817

Oops.

And I drive a Prius!

by EcoSpeak at 5:55 AM on 24 Oct 2006

Stop flying

I suspect that those with the stratospheric (ho ho!) totals are frequent flyers . . .

One of the easiest things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint is simply to stop flying. Say no. Take the train/bus.

Save your community: Cut greenhouse gas emissions 5% per year.

by JMG at 7:35 AM on 24 Oct 2006

Some Problems

It never asked me the size of my house/home. It assumed a dishwasher (I don't have one).

It didn't allow for shopping options available in other countries.

The power options did not include the idea that people don't have their own meter (me) or include all the heating options.

So, as a non-US resident, it didn't work very well (my number was low, but is it accurate? I wonder).

Still, I approve of the idea in principal!

patrick

by bookerly at 2:29 AM on 26 Oct 2006

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