Comments on: What’s the best way to get from here to there? http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/ Learning to live green and live together Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:10:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Driving to NC | GreenCouple.com http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-631 Driving to NC | GreenCouple.com Wed, 28 May 2008 03:58:40 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-631 [...] while back, I talked about driving from Bloomington to Chicago (and beyond) compared to a similar train or plane ride. Driving to Raleigh, NC last week gives me [...] [...] while back, I talked about driving from Bloomington to Chicago (and beyond) compared to a similar train or plane ride. Driving to Raleigh, NC last week gives me [...]

]]> By: Running the numbers on dishwashing | GreenCouple.com http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-319 Running the numbers on dishwashing | GreenCouple.com Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:05:44 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-319 [...] guess I have numbers on the brain after thinking about travel (in specific and more generally), because the last time I hand washed, I decided to measure how much water I [...] [...] guess I have numbers on the brain after thinking about travel (in specific and more generally), because the last time I hand washed, I decided to measure how much water I [...]

]]> By: Communal travel decisions | GreenCouple.com http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-300 Communal travel decisions | GreenCouple.com Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:44:21 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-300 [...] my last post, I wrote about carbon emissions for different modes of travel on my trip to WI. Arduous picked up on my last paragraph about how these are potentially unreliable [...] [...] my last post, I wrote about carbon emissions for different modes of travel on my trip to WI. Arduous picked up on my last paragraph about how these are potentially unreliable [...]

]]> By: arduous http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-299 arduous Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:15:32 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-299 Great! I can't wait to read your next post!! Great! I can’t wait to read your next post!!

]]> By: Will http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-298 Will Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:42:40 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-298 Not at all, arduous! I think your post touches on a really important point. What are these carbon calculators actually telling us? How should we change our behavior based on that? I think some of it comes down to the tension between what's best for individuals and what's best for community, but I have enough thoughts on your post that I'll probably write them up as another post. And the cycle continues. :) Not at all, arduous! I think your post touches on a really important point. What are these carbon calculators actually telling us? How should we change our behavior based on that?

I think some of it comes down to the tension between what’s best for individuals and what’s best for community, but I have enough thoughts on your post that I’ll probably write them up as another post.

And the cycle continues. :)

]]> By: arduous http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-297 arduous Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:22:34 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-297 Will, I hope you don't mind, I wrote a long post on this on my blog. I just want to let you know, I loved your post, and I loved how thought provoking it was. It just made me start to wonder if we're calculating carbon emissions all wrong. Will, I hope you don’t mind, I wrote a long post on this on my blog. I just want to let you know, I loved your post, and I loved how thought provoking it was. It just made me start to wonder if we’re calculating carbon emissions all wrong.

]]> By: arduous http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-296 arduous Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:05:27 +0000 http://greencouple.com/2008/04/08/whats-the-best-way-to-get-from-here-to-there/#comment-296 This is really interesting, but what I've been struggling a lot with is that last paragraph: GIVEN that the plane, train, and bus are all going to travel regardless of whether or not you are on them, how do we fairly calculate the cost in terms of carbon emissions? Had you taken the bus/train/plane, wouldn't the ACTUAL TOTAL carbon emissions produced that day be less (even in a carbon emitting plane) because there would have been one less car on the road? To me there's a logical fallacy that we eco-types ignore here. And I don't really know how to remedy that. This is really interesting, but what I’ve been struggling a lot with is that last paragraph: GIVEN that the plane, train, and bus are all going to travel regardless of whether or not you are on them, how do we fairly calculate the cost in terms of carbon emissions? Had you taken the bus/train/plane, wouldn’t the ACTUAL TOTAL carbon emissions produced that day be less (even in a carbon emitting plane) because there would have been one less car on the road?

To me there’s a logical fallacy that we eco-types ignore here. And I don’t really know how to remedy that.

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