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Carbon Footprints: Ditch the dog, get a Hummer H2, save the planet?
If you don't like dogs, there's now a new reason to continue avoiding canis domesticus. New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale have put forth the hypothesis that the care and feeding of a pooch is more environmentally harmful than rolling in a Toyota Land Cruiser. Those shifty, antisocial felines aren't much better, so don't get any more smug than you already are, cat people. One ten-pound feline's care is the same to the environment as a 3300-pound Volkswagen Golf, the theory goes. The Vales present this work in their book "Time to Eat ... Read more →
'Carbon Footprint' added to Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Jeremy Korzeniewski
Carbon footprint: the negative impact that something (as a person or business) has on the environment; specifically: the amount of carbon emitted by something during a given period. Regular ...
VW Bluemotion's print and TV ads Lascelles Linton
Bluemotion is the green badge VW puts on many of the their greenest cars and they have odd ads like the one above showing a man trying to save a rabbit with jumper cables subtitled "for those who ...
Eco-weenie has eco-tizzy over global warming: Dan Neil's hilarious homage to carbon counting Mike Magda
In Sunday's LA Times, Dan Neil exorcises his guilt over climate change with a humorous essay that does give a hint to his serious efforts in fighting a global problem. He has converted to compact ...
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Carbon Footprints: Ditch the dog, get a Hummer H2, save the planet? 18 days ago on Autoblog Green
If you don't like dogs, there's now a new reason to continue avoiding canis domesticus. New Zealanders Robert and Brenda Vale have put forth the hypothesis that the care and feeding of a pooch is more environmentally harmful than rolling in a Toyota Land Cruiser. Those shifty, antisocial felines ...
'Carbon Footprint' added to Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 4 months ago on Autoblog Green
Carbon footprint: the negative impact that something (as a person or business) has on the environment; specifically: the amount of carbon emitted by something during a given period. Regular AutoblogGreen readers surely already know what 'carbon footprint' means, but for the rest of the class, ...
VW Bluemotion's print and TV ads 1 year ago on Autoblog Green
Bluemotion is the green badge VW puts on many of the their greenest cars and they have odd ads like the one above showing a man trying to save a rabbit with jumper cables subtitled "for those who care about nature." Below the fold are several TV ads for Bluemotion including: one with a Bluemotion ...
Eco-weenie has eco-tizzy over global warming: Dan Neil's hilarious homage to carbon counting 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
In Sunday's LA Times, Dan Neil exorcises his guilt over climate change with a humorous essay that does give a hint to his serious efforts in fighting a global problem. He has converted to compact fluorescent lights and recycled "everything but the cat." But over-analyzing the carbon footprint of ...
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