Comments on: The Real Carbon Offset http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/ Jon Phillips is an artist and developer living in San Francisco and Beijing while growing Fabricatorz.com and "new" media projects. His notable involvements include Open Source and Free Culture movements, Inkscape, Open Clip Art Library, and building community + bizdev for Creative Commons. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:45:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jon http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/comment-page-1/#comment-98074 jon Wed, 21 May 2008 06:57:58 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=765#comment-98074 Karbon Kenny, this is so great! I'm going to print out a few of these :) Karbon Kenny, this is so great! I’m going to print out a few of these :)

]]> By: jon http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/comment-page-1/#comment-98073 jon Wed, 21 May 2008 06:57:27 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=765#comment-98073 Dean, this is so great! I'm going to print out a few of these :) Dean, this is so great! I’m going to print out a few of these :)

]]> By: Karbon Kenny http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/comment-page-1/#comment-97806 Karbon Kenny Tue, 20 May 2008 03:54:44 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=765#comment-97806 Try this instead: http://www.freecarbonoffsets.com Try this instead:

http://www.freecarbonoffsets.com

]]> By: Dean Landolt » Blog Archive » Carbon offsets… http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/comment-page-1/#comment-97331 Dean Landolt » Blog Archive » Carbon offsets… Fri, 16 May 2008 14:31:39 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=765#comment-97331 [...] Phillips has a great idea: For anyone trying to offset your carbon footprint: Get a shovel, dig a hole, and bury yourself. [...] [...] Phillips has a great idea: For anyone trying to offset your carbon footprint: Get a shovel, dig a hole, and bury yourself. [...]

]]> By: seth vidal http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/comment-page-1/#comment-93860 seth vidal Mon, 05 May 2008 02:02:28 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=765#comment-93860 What has got you this upset? Is there something in particular about carbon offsets that bother you? We're not doing much in the way offsets but we've dramatically reduced our energy use. Does this offend you in some way? What has got you this upset? Is there something in particular about carbon offsets that bother you?

We’re not doing much in the way offsets but we’ve dramatically reduced our energy use. Does this offend you in some way?

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/comment-page-1/#comment-93451 Mike Linksvayer Sat, 03 May 2008 21:24:09 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=765#comment-93451 Prevention may be better than cure, but it isn't an offset. Prevention may be better than cure, but it isn’t an offset.

]]> By: Jeff Bailey http://rejon.org/2008/05/the-real-carbon-offset/comment-page-1/#comment-93390 Jeff Bailey Sat, 03 May 2008 18:08:59 +0000 http://rejon.org/?p=765#comment-93390 While that would solve the problem in a fairly definitive way, carbon offsets are a nice temporary measure so long as it doesn't involve planting trees. The carbon offset program that I like the best basically goes around to lower income areas and for free will retrofit the heating systems, and fix insulation in them so that people's lives are improves as well as offsetting carbon emissions because of reduced heating needs. There's no shortage of projects like that which can be done while we figure out what an actual proper solution is. While that would solve the problem in a fairly definitive way, carbon offsets are a nice temporary measure so long as it doesn’t involve planting trees.

The carbon offset program that I like the best basically goes around to lower income areas and for free will retrofit the heating systems, and fix insulation in them so that people’s lives are improves as well as offsetting carbon emissions because of reduced heating needs.

There’s no shortage of projects like that which can be done while we figure out what an actual proper solution is.

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