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Do you live a carbon neutral life?

Or do you believe like me that Carbon Offset Schemes are a bit like donating to the NSPCC whilst abusing children!

Carbon offsetting just allows rich people to feel less guilty about the damage they are doing to the environment?

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The UK government plans to make all new homes 'zero carbon' homes by 2016. What on earth is a zero carbon home? Surely any house in the UK will need heating and electricity, provided by coal-fired power stations, therefore putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Is this just another government spin term?

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Originally posted by ElleEffSeee
The UK government plans to make all new homes 'zero carbon' homes by 2016. What on earth is a zero carbon home? Surely any house in the UK will need heating and electricity, provided by coal-fired power stations, therefore putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Is this just another government spin term?
In order to make the home totally carbon neutral it is vital that the occupants aren't breathing, which rather neatly solves the problem of carbon emissions due to heating and electricity too.

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Originally posted by invigorate
Do you live a carbon neutral life?

Or do you believe like me that Carbon Offset Schemes are a bit like donating to the NSPCC whilst abusing children!

Carbon offsetting just allows rich people to feel less guilty about the damage they are doing to the environment?
If rich people were living a carbon neutral lifestyle they wouldn't be damaging the environment with carbon dioxide emissions. So I don't see a problem with it.
They may well of course be damaging it in other ways.
You should only consider the net effect when you consider your CO2 emissions.

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Originally posted by ElleEffSeee
The UK government plans to make all new homes 'zero carbon' homes by 2016. What on earth is a zero carbon home? Surely any house in the UK will need heating and electricity, provided by coal-fired power stations, therefore putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Is this just another government spin term?
There are numerous ways to make houses use less energy to heat them.
Many houses are not well insulated, ect.
I think the way they could do this is by designing houses in such a way as that it faces the sun when it raises in the morning, so it heats up; and having things like solar panels that heat up your water for you. This would at least cut down the amount of CO2 houses create.

Perhaps they will plant trees to make up for the rest? 😕

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Originally posted by invigorate
Do you live a carbon neutral life?

Or do you believe like me that Carbon Offset Schemes are a bit like donating to the NSPCC whilst abusing children!

Carbon offsetting just allows rich people to feel less guilty about the damage they are doing to the environment?
Carbon is the fifth most abundant
of the things given off
by stars who kill
themselves.

Am I
The protector of
these atoms most prolific
who outnumber me by a bijillion and more?

I doubt it. Nor do I think what we do matters.

WE ARE FRIGGIN' NATURE. GET IT?

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Originally posted by ElleEffSeee
The UK government plans to make all new homes 'zero carbon' homes by 2016. What on earth is a zero carbon home? Surely any house in the UK will need heating and electricity, provided by coal-fired power stations, therefore putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Is this just another government spin term?
it means you're gonna need a WHOLE lot of comforters at night.

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Originally posted by ElleEffSeee
The UK government plans to make all new homes 'zero carbon' homes by 2016. What on earth is a zero carbon home? Surely any house in the UK will need heating and electricity, provided by coal-fired power stations, therefore putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Is this just another government spin term?
You have not been paying attention to George Soros and the penguin movement...

If you vote commie, all energy will start flowing freely... and free from polution and cost. We all will come to warmth as a natural right.

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Lots of stupidity in this thread.

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Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Lots of stupidity in this thread.
Thanks for smelling it out. Your help in recognizing yourself is much appreciated.

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Originally posted by StarValleyWy
Carbon is the fifth most abundant
of the things given off
by stars who kill
themselves.

Am I
The protector of
these atoms most prolific
who outnumber me by a bijillion and more?

I doubt it. Nor do I think what we do matters.

WE ARE FRIGGIN' NATURE. GET IT?
Well actually it's more like star farts. Iron is what it gives off when it dies......

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