Comments | mistergoat: Ask Dr. LJ--advice on carbon offsets?

mistergoat

Ask Dr. LJ--advice on carbon offsets?

Jul 13, 2009 11:08

So I've done a good bit of traveling this summer. I put 2000 miles on my car since about the end of April, I've had a few round trips by air, and I'm planning some more flying soon. This is awesome, but I know that it does involve burning fossil fuels. I'd like to try to reduce or counter the negative impact of that ( Read more... )

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dancingwolfgrrl July 13 2009, 22:23:18 UTC

It is definitely true that some are far more useful than others; the Tufts Climate Initiative did a review of them and their top recs are at the bottom of that page. (There's a link in the left sidebar to the full report, which is many pages and in PDF form, but also informative.)

mistergoat July 14 2009, 20:43:52 UTC

Thanks! The title is a bit familiar--did you once post it on your LJ long ago? Have you used any of the companies listed there? Have others?

dancingwolfgrrl July 15 2009, 03:05:17 UTC

I probably did post it, but have no personal experience to speak of :)

mistergoat July 15 2009, 17:18:25 UTC

I have a feeling that many of your personal experiences are worth speaking of...

Авто маньяк anonymous October 3 2009, 10:13:57 UTC

Очень интересно пишите, но очень мало примеров, которые подтверждают вашу позицию(

Re: Авто маньяк mistergoat October 4 2009, 16:48:18 UTC

Okay, with Google translate, it seems that this is Russian text that says "Auto maniac" in the subject line, and "Very interesting to write, but very few examples that prove your position(".

Interesting.

And a whois search identifies the URL with an ISTITUTO CENTRALE PER IL SOSTENTAMENTO DEL CLERO in Rome. Translated from Italian, that appears to mean Central Institute for the Sustenance of the Clergy. I'm guessing that it's a bot posting from that IP, not someone sitting in a clerical institute in Rome making an LJ comment in Russian on a US journal...