one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
November 03 2009
Toyota has created a new plant species designed to offset the CO2 created by its Prius assembly operations
June 19 2009
Sounding off: One planet, one million DJs.
January 12 2009
Google responds to the stats on emissions generated by a search mentioned in the previous link.
September 04 2008
It’s not just the carbon, it’s the nitrogen too.
June 25 2008
Not something you usually think about. Airports themselves can have a pretty heavy environmental impact.
November 16 2007
Responsibility isn't only local“If a gadget is made in China by an American company and exported and used by consumers from Stockholm to Sao Paulo, Brazil, should the Chinese government be held responsible for the carbon released in manufacturing it?”
November 12 2007
Short-term vision for the planet is still abundant: European utilities are shipping US coal across the Atlantic.
September 24 2007
Carbon offsetting could actually increase child labour. The ramifications from our actions (or lack of) can be quite unexpected.
July 16 2007
Happiness doesn’t cost the earth
The happy planet index rates European countries on their happiness-to-carbon output ratio.
Conclusions seem to show that even though our standard of living is marginally higher than in the sixties, consumption (and our per-capita carbon footprint) has increased dramatically while general happiness has dropped.
Belgium ranks 17th out of 30 countries while the Scandinavians hold the top positions.
June 23 2007
Carbon trading: where greed is green
June 02 2007
Incompetence is everywhere, so I guess it’s no surprise that it’s present in the carbon monitoring processes supposed to help in fighting climate change.
May 12 2007
If you have no other choice than hopping on a plane to travel, here’s a good resource for offsetting all that carbon you’ll be pumping into the atmosphere.
May 04 2007
Goverments know they have false figures“The rich nations seeking to cut climate change have this in common: they lie”
April 26 2007
A very interesting development in carbon capture technology. Let’s just hope it’s not used as a license to completely ignore the original problem. (Thanks Jeroen)
April 19 2007
Drive one day less and look how much carbon monoxide you’ll keep out of the air we breathe
April 17 2007
Eurostar goes even greener.
February 19 2007
Emissions trading: not that great, actually.
January 18 2007
Carbon offsetting is like wearing blinkers“Telling people to plant trees to prevent global warming is like telling them to drink more water to keep down rising sea levels. The water - or gas - will come out in the end”
October 18 2006
Amusing analogy for carbon offset schemes“Just as in the 15th and 16th centuries you could sleep with your sister and kill and lie without fear of eternal damnation, today you can live exactly as you please as long as you give your ducats to one of the companies selling indulgences”