tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post4508938924111816591..comments2024-01-19T11:41:09.359+13:00Comments on A Hebridean in New Zealand: Don't Read This Fi!GBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-31504407947990639812012-11-16T15:44:03.227+13:002012-11-16T15:44:03.227+13:00Hmm. Very interesting article. I've not repl...Hmm. Very interesting article. I've not replaced cat nor dog because of my traveling to and from Miranda...<br /><br />The only problem with the article is that it seems to imply that the car or dog or cat has it's 'own' carbon footprint. It doesn't of course. It's US that have it, by owning them..Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-5305655416419460062012-11-13T23:02:03.990+13:002012-11-13T23:02:03.990+13:00Yes Norma, that is the famous quote I was thinking...Yes Norma, that is the famous quote I was thinking of. Too tired last night to hunt it down to its proper source...DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-68609601523035378572012-11-13T21:26:57.542+13:002012-11-13T21:26:57.542+13:00Well spotted Marcel.Well spotted Marcel.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-76836259867562420582012-11-13T21:25:53.554+13:002012-11-13T21:25:53.554+13:00Yes Monica you are probably pretty eco-friendly co...Yes Monica you are probably pretty eco-friendly compared with many of us. I expect you would Norma but I imagine that would cause you more inconvenience than enough given the likely distance you are likely to be from shops.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-43128366610878921212012-11-13T21:23:01.815+13:002012-11-13T21:23:01.815+13:00I think that might be going just a tad too far.I think that might be going just a tad too far.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-8356820949296771062012-11-13T21:22:34.263+13:002012-11-13T21:22:34.263+13:00Marcel, you would too!Marcel, you would too!GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-47465655907960148352012-11-13T21:22:07.211+13:002012-11-13T21:22:07.211+13:00Oh my gosh Fi. It made me wonder where single ret...Oh my gosh Fi. It made me wonder where single retirees living in two countries with two homes (which need cleaning!) come on the scale of things. Not very favourably I wager.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-10565350119633003712012-11-13T21:20:27.895+13:002012-11-13T21:20:27.895+13:00Thanks Adrian. Politicians certainly have bigger ...Thanks Adrian. Politicians certainly have bigger carbon footprints than most of us. GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-64185143216288654642012-11-13T21:19:34.215+13:002012-11-13T21:19:34.215+13:00They are earning a crust Virginia and they may eve...They are earning a crust Virginia and they may even believe in what they are doing whilst earning it.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-84199276910881180482012-11-13T21:18:43.591+13:002012-11-13T21:18:43.591+13:00Meike I don't think there's an easy or str...Meike I don't think there's an easy or straightforward answer to any of the ecological problems we face. One way and another everyone will have a view and every vested interest will fight its corner.GBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289400344300258872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-41212821575462526622012-11-13T11:15:10.223+13:002012-11-13T11:15:10.223+13:00Your question led me to Google Twain and his quote...Your question led me to Google Twain and his quote. Is this the one you meant?<br /><br />"Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."<br />~Mark Twain~<br />I think that I could give up my car more easily than my cats.Nonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623569563122986528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-24853491929527429912012-11-13T10:00:52.111+13:002012-11-13T10:00:52.111+13:00Or not.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damn...Or not.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies,_damned_lies,_and_statistics<br /><br />Good old Wiki.Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859972397663662509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-52198449314128849852012-11-13T09:18:30.542+13:002012-11-13T09:18:30.542+13:00I'm feeling very eco-friendly after reading th...I'm feeling very eco-friendly after reading this (having neither car nor pet). Now what was it again Mark Twain said about statistics...?DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-49698807560798222072012-11-13T08:37:48.720+13:002012-11-13T08:37:48.720+13:00In fact, I'll sabotage my neighbour's Jeep...In fact, I'll sabotage my neighbour's Jeep as well, and cancel out the dog's carbon paw-print altogether.Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859972397663662509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-13775205321472208202012-11-13T08:36:17.303+13:002012-11-13T08:36:17.303+13:00That's fine, I'll get rid of the car and k...That's fine, I'll get rid of the car and keep the dog.Marcelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859972397663662509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-10721460251335263702012-11-13T08:03:46.964+13:002012-11-13T08:03:46.964+13:00WIth two dogs, four cats AND an SUV I am definitel...WIth two dogs, four cats AND an SUV I am definitely unsustainable...<br />and today I read this<br />http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/7940386/Carbon-footprint-study-examines-solo-mums<br />Might have to stop doing housework too!Fi from Four Paws and Whiskershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217307759511472654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-13146430527270110622012-11-13T01:57:34.509+13:002012-11-13T01:57:34.509+13:00I'm glad you did....Anybody done a study of po...I'm glad you did....Anybody done a study of politicians and their carbon footprint?<br />A brilliant post.ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-8198088055828202972012-11-13T00:56:40.858+13:002012-11-13T00:56:40.858+13:00Don't these folks have anything better to do??...Don't these folks have anything better to do??VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495553397518653924.post-77964915754957934072012-11-13T00:03:26.992+13:002012-11-13T00:03:26.992+13:00Very interesting! It reminds me of what I read in ...Very interesting! It reminds me of what I read in the ZEIT some time ago. They compared local produce with imported food, such as apples, and found that, by keeping the local produce in store so that it is available for much longer than its natural growing and harvesting period, more carbon footprint is generated than by having apples shipped across the ocean all the way from, say, Chile or NZ.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.com