Carbon Footprint

[giles]

I’ve seen this around here some time ago, but I couldn’t find the thread. I’m gonna take a shot at Amazon here and all it’s users, myself included. How inefficient can one company be? Wow! I can order a pencil and have it delivered to my door in a package. What are we doing to ourselves?

With things going on in the world today, I think more light should be set on carbon footprints. Buy revolving stock in bulk will help this. Maybe this should be in the thread Jesse started about what I’m changing after this Covid passes. But this has been a real eye opener for myself of how many people don’t purchase in bulk.

Like buying a 6 pack, who does that? Buy the 30, it’s cheaper and you will drink it all over time. Buying a 4 pack of toilet paper. Why?

So going forward, I want to reduce my carbon footprint and share here how I plan to do so. What have you done to reduce this in your life?

 

[Bigcountry40]

I have always been amazing by the amount of trash people throw out and do not recycle, many of us have recycling bins located around our counties. I have never paid for trash pick up in my life, simply take all recyclables to bins and use my burn barrel for everything else. I wonder if me using my burn barrel has improved my carbon footprint or made it worse.

 

[giles]

I remember reading that electric cars leave a bigger carbon footprint than combustion cars. I haven’t fact checked this information. Mind is just running wild on this today.

Has me thinking maybe driving my diesel truck more is best. Sure it’s deleted, but I’d guess it still has better exhaust than the car. It also takes less time to refine than gasoline. But moving that 7,500 pound truck for one person...that’s seems mildly over the top. Hmmmm, maybe I need a motorcycle

Random mind racing thoughts by Giles.

 

[giles]