Carbon Neutral is the new black

[sgrizzle]

I just finished a survey asking how much I would be willing to pay to make my vehicle carbon neutral. (In my case that would be one heck of a trick)

I tried researching prices online for similar services and found a lot of t-shirts, stickers, and one site declaring the statement I used in the subject line.

Like Lance Armstrong's cancer foundation (livestrong,) it is important, but is it also going to spread out because it's trendy?

[rwarn17588]

http://www.terrapass.com/

[sauerkraut]

Be like Al Gore and have your own carbon company and pay yourself. Al Gore pays himself whenever he flys around in his private jet that burns 450 gallons of fuel per hour. That's the ticket. Invest in yourself. Al Gore also refuses to take a pledge to cut back his fuel use. That's the way to go... talk the talk, BUT don't walk the walk... or so it seems to me, thanx.

[sgrizzle]

The trees around my house consume more CO2 than my car puts out, do I get a free pass?

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

http://www.terrapass.com/

I was looking at carbonfund.org but terrapass seems a lot cheaper for buying your way out of hell.

[AMP]

This is what Terapass told me:

Your car emits 4,598 lbs of CO2 per year.
You should get an Around Towner Terrapass.

Is there a market for CO2, why not collect it from the exhaust pipe and recycle it?

[AMP]

I'm reminded of the movie Kidco where the kids lived at the Country Club and recycled horse poop into composte and ferterlizer.  The tax man wanted them to charge tax on their product which was a by-product of the Feed the horse ate, and the Country Club had paid sales tax on prior to the horse eating the feed.  

Is that double taxation?

[AMP]

New Use for CO2

http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/14574/

[YoungTulsan]

I remember when Gore used to be Calorie neutral.  He used to be so svelt

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I just finished a survey asking how much I would be willing to pay to make my vehicle carbon neutral. (In my case that would be one heck of a trick)

I tried researching prices online for similar services and found a lot of t-shirts, stickers, and one site declaring the statement I used in the subject line.

Like Lance Armstrong's cancer foundation (livestrong,) it is important, but is it also going to spread out because it's trendy?

Hey millions saw the big parade at the Oscars, so it's gotta be fashionable.

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get a Civic GX.  cost to drive one is 7 cents a mile.  in comparison, gas powered cars are 10 cents a mile.

[rwarn17588]

My Insight costs less than 5 cents per mile. That's at current gas prices ($2.49).

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quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

My Insight costs less than 5 cents per mile. That's at current gas prices ($2.49).

what about batteries?  in order to operate less than 5 cents a mile you would have to run your tank dry and always get the hwy mileage of 66mpg.  i find that highly unlkely.  a Civic GX can operate at 5 cents per mile too if you dont take into account the total operating expenses.

[rwarn17588]

So what about the batteries? It self-charges as it cruises down the road. It's not like I have to charge it.

I've averaged 58 miles per gallon, mostly with in-town driving, since owning the Insight. That's 4.3 cents per mile at $2.49 a gallon for regular unleaded. I've beaten the EPA estimate many times on two-lane roads, hitting in the 70s.

There are plenty of people at Insightcentral.net who get 80, 90, even 100 miles per gallon. It's not like I'm doing anything special.

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quote:Originally posted by rwarn17588

So what about the batteries? It self-charges as it cruises down the road. It's not like I have to charge it.

I've averaged 58 miles per gallon, mostly with in-town driving, since owning the Insight. That's 4.3 cents per mile at $2.49 a gallon for regular unleaded. I've beaten the EPA estimate many times on two-lane roads, hitting in the 70s.

There are plenty of people at Insightcentral.net who get 80, 90, even 100 miles per gallon. It's not like I'm doing anything special.

the batteries are only warrantied for 6 years.  after that, people get the nasty sticker shock of their eventual replacement.  the batteries dont last forever.