André Toulon Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Fabricated buzzword or the ecological future of shipping 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) What is that? Is it when they ship my package and then after they go off and plant a tree? Or are we bringing back the Pony Express?!? Edited September 4, 2022 by 1pooh4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mthor Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: What is that? Is it when they ship my package and then after they go off and plant a tree? Or are we bringing back the Pony Express?!? No pony express - too much methane in horse farts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 7 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: What is that? Is it when they ship my package and then after they go off and plant a tree? Or are we bringing back the Pony Express?!? I have no fucking clue, but this site I'm on promises it.....I haven't googled it yet, hoping y'all knew. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 1 minute ago, mthor said: No pony express - too much methane in horse farts. Electric ponies? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, André Toulon said: I have no fucking clue, but this site I'm on promises it.....I haven't googled it yet, hoping y'all knew. It looks like I might not have been so far off. The companies are saying that they’ll invest in green energy and natural resources to offset their carbon emissions idk how much that works or if it’s bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBluntsworth Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Just now, 1pooh4u said: It looks like I might not have been so far off. The companies are saying that they’ll invest in green energy and natural resources to offset their carbon emissions idk how much that works or if it’s bullshit They did a KOTH ep about it https://kingofthehill.fandom.com/wiki/Earthy_Girls_are_Easy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 Omfg, the carbon offsets again... I remember when this was a thing like 20 years ago...didn't some company claim to have planted trees in Cali and all the alleged trees burned 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 2 minutes ago, André Toulon said: Omfg, the carbon offsets again... I remember when this was a thing like 20 years ago...didn't some company claim to have planted trees in Cali and all the alleged trees burned Idk about the fire thing but I think Elon Musk sells carbon credits and apparently makes a killing https://news.bloombergtax.com/financial-accounting/sec-pushes-tesla-to-reveal-how-regulatory-credits-boost-profits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 like carbon offset. pfft 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discolé monade Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 what nabs? what's so funny? the fact that companies use carbon offsets to continue to pollute..... or... what? what is it? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 5 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: Electric ponies? [insert Robert Redford joke here] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 5 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: What is that? Is it when they ship my package and then after they go off and plant a tree? Or are we bringing back the Pony Express?!? It's when the fragile package gets dropped from 300 ft by the Amazon delivery drone. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, tsar4 said: It's when the fragile package gets dropped from 300 ft by the Amazon delivery drone. If an Amazon package lands on someone’s head from a drone do you think that’s a lawsuit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, 1pooh4u said: If an Amazon package lands on someone’s head from a drone do you think that’s a lawsuit Donnie Darko Pt II. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, tsar4 said: Donnie Darko Pt II. Donnie Darko creeped me out a little bit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 would be nice if like delivery and ice cream trucks (which according to reports also might not exist soon) could be electric or something since theyre constantly in a state of idling and moving slowly 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I've seen a number of UPS trucks that are labeled as running on natural gas, which is...slightly better I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) John Oliver recently did a thing on carbon offsets. They can work if done right but spoilers, they're often not. And of course some companies are switching to electric vehicles which are better but still not carbon neutral. Edited September 5, 2022 by Sieg67 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 You know how we could probably capture a good amount of carbon? Get a ton of fast-growing bamboo plantations, harvest them, reduce them to charcoal, and bury it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbully Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 12:19 PM, Sieg67 said: John Oliver recently did a thing on carbon offsets. They can work if done right but spoilers, they're often not. And of course some companies are switching to electric vehicles which are better but still not carbon neutral. I dont really feel like or have tge time to look now but can you possibly point me to where its been done right? Not disagreeing, just curious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpgamer Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 5 hours ago, SwimModSponges said: You know how we could probably capture a good amount of carbon? Get a ton of fast-growing bamboo plantations, harvest them, reduce them to charcoal, and bury it. Why does it need to be reduced to charcoal? Otherwise, yeah, carbon sequestration is the only viable answer. Trying to quantify any product's carbon footprint is a fool's errand. Reducing emissions, carbon credits, planting trees, etc etc, none of it answers the root of the issue, which is an abundance of carbon previously inaccessible now added to the biosphere. Problem is, carbon sequestration is itself a pretty ridiculous idea, taking into consideration the scale it would need to be implemented on to have a significant impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 1 minute ago, rpgamer said: Problem is, carbon sequestration is itself a pretty ridiculous idea, taking into consideration the scale it would need to be implemented on to have a significant impact. I mean, I think we've crossed over into too little too late long ago...which is why I was curious as to how this work and if it even works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 The scale is why you need to reduce it. It would be easier to bury the charcoal than the forest used to create it. You know what we should do though- put White Cliffs of Dover everywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 The rabbit hole for this idiot is producing jewels today......you don't need carbon offsets if you just pretend to care sometimes https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kim-kardashian-water-drought-climate-change-1234587222/amp/ 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pooh4u Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 hour ago, André Toulon said: The rabbit hole for this idiot is producing jewels today......you don't need carbon offsets if you just pretend to care sometimes https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/kim-kardashian-water-drought-climate-change-1234587222/amp/ Fuck that bitch. I barely could finish reading that. “Sometimes there are bigger fish to fry”. Of course she don’t gaf she’s got the $ to leave the planet. What could be a bigger fish than making sure the rock we live on doesn’t dry up and die? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 On 9/4/2022 at 11:38 PM, Top Gun said: I've seen a number of UPS trucks that are labeled as running on natural gas, which is...slightly better I guess? Not really. Way too many of those trucks have had things like AC removed to help 'speed along the process / save money' but it's resulting in delivery drivers collapsing on the job during heat waves. There's a reason that more and more people who get stuff delivered regularly either have cold bottled water on hand or in an ice bucket on the porch depending on the area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 21 hours ago, cyberbully said: I dont really feel like or have tge time to look now but can you possibly point me to where its been done right? Not disagreeing, just curious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offset 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 5 hours ago, 1pooh4u said: Fuck that bitch. I barely could finish reading that. “Sometimes there are bigger fish to fry”. Of course she don’t gaf she’s got the $ to leave the planet. What could be a bigger fish than making sure the rock we live on doesn’t dry up and die? I never understood why she is famous or why anybody would give two fucks about her. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Sieg67 said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offset I was talking more like numbers....like something saying Nike did this and their carbon offset have reduced greenhouse emission damagw by so much a percent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, André Toulon said: I was talking more like numbers....like something saying Nike did this and their carbon offset have reduced greenhouse emission damagw by so much a percent. Not sure if I really have the resources or the know-how to look deeply into that. I see stuff like this but I'm not satisfied with the lack of real details. I know it's just an example but I wouldn't trust Nike to do anything good. They're famous for using child labor and sweatshops. Edited September 7, 2022 by Sieg67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted September 7, 2022 Author Share Posted September 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Sieg67 said: Not sure if I really have the resources or the know-how to look deeply into that. I see stuff like this but I'm not satisfied with the lack of real details. I know it's just an example but I wouldn't trust Nike to do anything good. They're famous for using child labor and sweatshops. Well Nike was just the first company that came to mind...I wasn't actually hoping for them to have done anything. But yeah, I looked for details too but I guess you can't quantify that shit.....which is my entire issue with offering me something I can't measure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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