Comments on: Rambling footprints

By: Grandad

Grandad — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:24:46 +0000

Jayzus Mick! You are going back in time a bit?

I just recalculated mine, but used the advanced calculator. I am delighted to announce that I have vastly improved my rating…….

I’m now at 12.39

Hah!

By: Mick

Mick — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:01:24 +0000

12.10!!!
Household electricity consumption (77.60%) ?
Coal Fire.
Old car
size 11 feet (too big for me boots, ha!)

By: Grandad

Grandad — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:35:23 +0000

Emerald – I am jealous! You are almost on my exact ideal footprint. I can fit into ten and a half shoes at a pinch, but it is a bit of a pinch. So my answer is to ditch the oil and go for an open fire? Burn all my rubbish? I have a few old car tires that should do the trick?

By: Emerald Islander

Emerald Islander — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:04:17 +0000

I have to share this with you, since you made me aware of this website that calculates one’s carbon footprint. I just went there and answered all their questions. Since I don’t fly and rarely travel at all, I expected a very small number to appear when I pressed the final button.

Now I am sitting here – shocked – and looking at the number. It says that my carbon footprint is 10.47!!!
I cannot believe it. But since that is close to your shoe size, maybe we should swap our living conditions…

Looking at the details I noticed what gets me so high up. I live in a house “built before 1930″ (well before that, actually) and I heat this little house with solid fuel (coal, fire wood and peat). That makes 95% of my carbon footprint. I am still shocked and can hardly believe it.
And there I was, a lifelong environmentalist and so concious with all the things I do. One never gets it right, does one?

By: Spaghetti Hoop

Spaghetti Hoop — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:38:22 +0000

So yes, the breeze block I fully endorse

By: Spaghetti Hoop

Spaghetti Hoop — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:48:19 +0000

Yawn…I’m just awake now. What what, Duncan Stewart? Oh my. Ye had to bring that free-loading cotton-bud idiot into the Ramble to spoil a brief, idyllic globally-positive time of a young president, quenched Bush-fires and slightly lower mortgage interest rates.

Believe me, cotton-bud is a waste of energy and belongs in the Plank museum.

By: Jefferson Davis

Jefferson Davis — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:20:05 +0000

My ‘merkan footprint was 8.992! Ha! Leave it to the Americans to go big!

Bugger (Maxi), prepare for war!

By: Maxi Cane

Maxi Cane — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:43:50 +0000

I’m sure Atomic bombs leave pretty big “footprints”.

Sleep with one eye open.

By: Brianf

Brianf — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:13:38 +0000

I think I’ll buy a couple of tons of coal and set it on fire in my backyard. Hopefully it will burn down those nasty CO2 sucking trees too.

By: Xbox4NappyRash

Xbox4NappyRash — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:51:15 +0000

What is striking me is that I know exactly where that mat in the picture was purchased…