Steve, The fever pitch, in a lot of ways, is already here, and it has been for a while. Plenty of so-called "green" products are coopting the marketing of "greenness" for the purpose of selling but are not green in and of themselves. I actually think things have gotten better as people are starting to take a "show me the money" attitude.
Also, the USDOE has plenty of figures refuting that argument about solar panels, and not all biofuels are bad. ;) -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > My biggest fear is that as talk of green & sustainable issues reaches > fever pitch, there are going to be so mny things that sound good but > are actually bad. Many of the carbon offsetting programs are murky and > its hard to be sure how much genuine difference they are actually > making. Its no use getting a solar panel if the energy used to make it > is greater than all the energy the device will generate in a lifetime. > And dont even get me started on biofuels. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> > How green is video-blogging itself? >> > >> > Do personal computers and video cameras grow on trees? Or, are they >> > made out of petro-chemicals? >> > >> > What is the carbon footprint of the equipment used to product a >> > videoblog? Does that include the internet infra-structure? >> > >> > Where can I buy carbon credits to cover the electricity used in the >> > making and distribution of my video blog? What is the >> > carbon-unit-per-minute-of-videoblog rate? Could I win a prize on >> > "Vlogging for Dollars" to cover it? >> >> Well... >> >> * There's a company offering wind-powered web hosting. We may > transition >> Greentime to them in the future, depeding on a few things. >> >> * Vloggers can, of course, be choosy with their equipment and buy only >> what they need, ensuring low use. >> >> * Many utility companies now offer green electricity for a tiny > extra fee >> (here it's about $10/month). >> >> * Dell will let you purchase offsets for the computer you buy. >> >> * You can always charge the camera and laptop battery with solar. >> >> ...really, all this leaves is the electricity used in bandwidth >> generation, and if you can quanitfy it, you could buy an offset. >> >> Oh, and if you covered this, we'd love to mention it or run an > excerpt on >> Greentime. >> >> -- >> Rhett. >> http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime >> http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
