Comments on: The Daily Sprout http://earth2tech.com/2008/04/30/the-daily-sprout-146/ Helping the Earth with Technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:16:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Craig Rubens http://earth2tech.com/2008/04/30/the-daily-sprout-146/#comment-11003 Craig Rubens Thu, 01 May 2008 19:28:15 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2069#comment-11003 <p>@ Alexis:</p> <p>Thanks for linking your article because I think you're absolutely right, this does not need to interpreted at "carbon fatalism." I was just summarizing the argument made by New Scientist.</p> <p>Still, it is daunting, to say the least, to see an increasingly accurate carbon footprint calculated for citizens of the developed world. Let us hope that calculation and identification are steps that lead to reduction.</p> @ Alexis:

Thanks for linking your article because I think you’re absolutely right, this does not need to interpreted at “carbon fatalism.” I was just summarizing the argument made by New Scientist.

Still, it is daunting, to say the least, to see an increasingly accurate carbon footprint calculated for citizens of the developed world. Let us hope that calculation and identification are steps that lead to reduction.

]]> By: Alexis Madrigal http://earth2tech.com/2008/04/30/the-daily-sprout-146/#comment-10998 Alexis Madrigal Thu, 01 May 2008 18:40:56 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=2069#comment-10998 <p>On the 4th item, re: fatalism on carbon footprints... I think the spin that came off that survey was all wrong. Really, what they did was calculate how much the current American system contributes to energy usage. That's a useful thing to know, and highlights the need for systemic change, which I read as a good thing. I responded to it here:</p> <p>MIT Class Calculates Carbon Footprint of "The Man" http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/mit-class-calcu.html</p> On the 4th item, re: fatalism on carbon footprints… I think the spin that came off that survey was all wrong. Really, what they did was calculate how much the current American system contributes to energy usage. That’s a useful thing to know, and highlights the need for systemic change, which I read as a good thing. I responded to it here:

MIT Class Calculates Carbon Footprint of “The Man”
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/mit-class-calcu.html

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