i don't normally care but

[lambert]

after an argument today what would be the carbon footprint of a one litre bottle of volvic or similar bottle of poncey water?

only the ecomentalist I was talking to was having difficulty grasping the irony of my offroader being no worse than her imported water!

[strapping young lad]

plastic bottle making factory
sticky label factory
machines to obtain water from source, then clean it if need be and bottle it

trucks then to distribute across the world

yeh the footprint is shameful

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

plastic bottle making factory
sticky label factory
machines to obtain water from source, then clean it if need be and bottle it

trucks then to distribute across the world

yeh the footprint is shameful

Thats why I only drink rainwater. I find the dead things in it very nourishing.

[K2]

We have one of those people living up the road from us. If she does not shut up I am seriously thinking of parking the Disco on top of her ( but then she would moan about the flora and fauna) :roll:

[discowoman]

If you think thats bad - try explaining to some no brainer about the carbon footprint for a Toyota Prius.....lead for the Batteries are mined in America - then parts are shipped to the UK.. then over to japan, then the vehicles are shipped worldwide, powered by fossil fuels entirely (including the electricity) had a great arguement with someone about them, the usual 'youre killing the planet in your GAS GUZZLER ' my reply started - 'its a diesel, thats running on BIO diesel'.. then she mentioned the prius....hence the above arguement, she looked very sheepish!

[Silvery Thing]

If you think thats bad - try explaining to some no brainer about the carbon footprint for a Toyota Prius.....lead for the Batteries are mined in America - then parts are shipped to the UK.. then over to japan, then the vehicles are shipped worldwide, powered by fossil fuels entirely (including the electricity) had a great arguement with someone about them, the usual 'youre killing the planet in your GAS GUZZLER ' my reply started - 'its a diesel, thats running on BIO diesel'.. then she mentioned the prius....hence the above arguement, she looked very sheepish!

Oh here we go again and again about the Prius debate.... oh what a *****ng boring load of :hurryup:

[discowoman]

If you think thats bad - try explaining to some no brainer about the carbon footprint for a Toyota Prius.....lead for the Batteries are mined in America - then parts are shipped to the UK.. then over to japan, then the vehicles are shipped worldwide, powered by fossil fuels entirely (including the electricity) had a great arguement with someone about them, the usual 'youre killing the planet in your GAS GUZZLER ' my reply started - 'its a diesel, thats running on BIO diesel'.. then she mentioned the prius....hence the above arguement, she looked very sheepish!

Oh here we go again and again about the Prius debate.... oh what a *****ng boring load of :hurryup:

exactly - but my point is that lots of so called Green / eco friendly products carry a large carbon footprint with them that is usually forgotten - rather conveniently...

[Boggert]

If you think thats bad - try explaining to some no brainer about the carbon footprint for a Toyota Prius.....lead for the Batteries are mined in America - then parts are shipped to the UK.. then over to japan, then the vehicles are shipped worldwide, powered by fossil fuels entirely (including the electricity) had a great arguement with someone about them, the usual 'youre killing the planet in your GAS GUZZLER ' my reply started - 'its a diesel, thats running on BIO diesel'.. then she mentioned the prius....hence the above arguement, she looked very sheepish!

Oh here we go again and again about the Prius debate.... oh what a *****ng boring load of :hurryup:

exactly - but my point is that lots of so called Green / eco friendly products carry a large carbon footprint with them that is usually forgotten - rather conveniently...

Agreed, you may love that little electric rubbish, Thats fine, but in reality its one big CON!

[carbore]

We had a girl at the office who diddnt like by "big 4x4" and was thinking of selling her 3 year old corsa to buy "something greener"

The fact was she used to sit in the office in tiny tops and sandles with an electric heater under her desk on all the time (till it "went missing" during an office move :-$) but then she used to turn the entire office heating onto full and constant, then forgot to turn it off when she left = £500 quid gas bill for a 4 person office.