CO2 Calculator is Endless Fun for Adding Up (or Subtracting) Your Emissions
by Jaymi Heimbuch, Central Coast, California on 09.19.08
Photo Credit: CScoutJapan
There are plenty of carbon footprint calculators around. But what if you are out and about and wanted to whip out a handy calculator to find out just how much of a carbon footprint you’re making? Consider your problem solved.
Frepar Networks has put out a solar-powered CO2 Calculator that lets users input their activities to find out their total carbon footprint. Electricity use, gas, water, trash…everything is added up and the user can see what kind of personal changes or carbon offset purchase they’ll have to make. Of course, not factored in is the carbon footprint of the calculator itself.
Via Kilian-Nakamura
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I have a question. They always are toting up what your deficits are, but they don't give you credit.
For example, I pay the taxes on 30 acres of woodlot. What's the carbon footprint reduction for that?
--Hawk
I think most everyone can agree that the one of the first steps to cutting down on your CO2 emissions is knowing the size of them. But given the fact that there are already numerous CO2 calculators that you can use online from home or from a handheld device while out and about, doesn't this device seem unnecessary? How much CO2 is produced from making these?
A very wasteful product that only contributes to the problem.
lol, yet another "green" product hoisted by its own petard, as it were. Although it does certainly speak to the Japanese (and American) love for gadgets, it will probably generate more trash when the novelty wears off than do good.
They've been mentioned here before, but it makes more sense to go to a website like www.carbonfootprint.com to run these calculations. Specifically for cars there are also websites like www.fueleconomy.gov or even www.carfunfootprint.com -- which is more of a fun site that gauges automotive "green" as well as aesthetic factors but still manages to be more useful than the calculator above.
I can access these sites right on my iPhone if an internet connection is on-hand, but what I would really like to see is someone investing in a CO2 calculator app for cellphones and pdas. An app has virtually no carbon footprint itself and would have the same portability as the above device.