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Default Planting Trees for Carbon Offset

Hawi: wrote:
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:13:45 +0000, geoff wrote:

In message , "Hawi:"
writes
On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:13:23 -0600, Jules
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:43:01 +0000, Hawi: wrote:
However, I do unplug my phone charger
when I'm not using it. The difference it makes is infinitesimal, - but
not zero.
I wonder how the impact of walking back and forth to plug in / unplug the
charger stacks up against the impact of just leaving it plugged in all
the time?

erm..

impact on what, exactly?

IWHT he means the otherwise useful oxygen that you converted into CO2 by
your increased metabolic rate


Ahhh, I see. It was a joke!

Actually, its not.

The way to reduce your carbon footprint is to use Tesco direct for junk
food, never go out, just stay in watching TV and sticking junk in your arm.

The government encourages this.