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wots your carbon footprint ? http://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx i just done it and mine was 32 tonnes :shock: i suppose i should give a f*ck but i dont really as i think global warming due to mankind is a myth to get us to pay more taxes , anyone else feel the same way
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15 tonnes for me and I don't care either tbh :D
Hopefully I should be able to up it more when I get a new car and bigger LCD for the bedroom.

After-all someone has to take up the slack of all that unused energy thanks to all the people now living in trees to conserve their carbons :twisted:

Shame the site didn't have any 406s in the drop down menus so I had to select a 407 2.0 HDi which may mean I'm using even less than 15 tonnes :(
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Eric wrote: Shame the site didn't have any 406s in the drop down menus so I had to select a 407 2.0 HDi which may mean I'm using even less than 15 tonnes :(
you can put in your mpg instead of saying what car u got cos they didnt have my discovery in there :cheesy:
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darrenwall wrote:
Eric wrote: Shame the site didn't have any 406s in the drop down menus so I had to select a 407 2.0 HDi which may mean I'm using even less than 15 tonnes :(
you can put in your mpg instead of saying what car u got cos they didnt have my discovery in there :cheesy:
I don't know what the 406 does in the real world - not the bullsh*t figures the manufacturers release.
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Put it this way, I forced out an enormous fart about 10 minutes ago and the emissions from that baby is far more concerning :twisted:
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Welton wrote:Put it this way, I forced out an enormous fart about 10 minutes ago and the emissions from that baby is far more concerning :twisted:
lol

Just as well it didn't include that, me and the Mrs would be off the scale!



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20.65 and thats not including the farting !! and i dont give a fook !!!!
I agree with darren think half the shite they tell us is a money spinner, and why
should it come down to us when the government dont really give a fook, has anyone done
a carbon footprint of the war in iraq or afghanistan,the bombs the tanks planes etc :shock:
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I go along with the belief that any global warming (or cooling) is natural and cyclical. I agree with catalysts on cars but that's about it.

It seems now that any flood or melting ice is instantly blamed on all us lot for not looking after the planet :roll:

They should blame the American's (and China) :lol:
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:arrowu: :arrowu: Hear hear.
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woooooooooo-hoooooooooo 18 tonnes lol and the country average is 9 sooooo global warming is all my fault ........ well i guess i better go turn the heating up a bit more :cheesy:
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I'd like to leave an 18 tonne carbon footprint on Gordon Brown's face.
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It seems I am below average - and a have V6!!!!

Clocks me in at 9.723t, which is just under the UK average of 9.8t.

I better drive a bit more so we all can enjoy the warmer summers :evil:
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16.2 :?

The national average is 9.8 my arris!!! :x I hate it when self riteous wankers quote bolox like that! Is that per person or per household? The national average p/p including all the OAPs and work shy couch potatoes who never leave the house no doubt. Mine is 16.2 for the whole family, so even discounting the kids that's only 8.1 each for me and the wife, well below average! :roll:

I believe that mankind is contributing towards climate change, but our contribution is miniscule, estimated to be in the region of 0.5%. The rest is a natural phenomenon. :wink:
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Total 6.664
The average footprint for people in Croatia is 5.18 tonnes.
That's a complete joke, at my girlfriend's we burned 21 cubic meters of wood last winter (try finding that in the energy consumption bit!) and that's for a two bedroom bungalow, the majority of houses in Croatia burn wood (it's by far the cheapest fuel) so how do they arrive at 5.18 tonnes? Answer: it's bollocks.

I agree with Dai Rees, global warming is a real phenominon but our contribution is small, it's just been blown out of all proportion to give a rationale to unreasonable taxation.
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I would say that the calculator is wrong, mainly beacuse of the housing and car use. Both should be divided by persons sharing.

It would then seem that the average is not that far off the figures we are getting!
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