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[CatchMyDrift]

jethro, on 07 July 2010 - 17:55 , said:

Apparently it is.

As a nation we throw away 8.3 million tons of food every year, costing £20 BILLION!!! On average a third of all food bought is thrown away.

"If we all stop wasting food that could have been eaten, the CO2 impact would be the equivalent of taking 1 in 4 cars off the road."

http://www.lovefoodh...bout_food_waste

There's one of our smoking guns then? Surely?

jethro, on 07 July 2010 - 18:07 , said:

I've always found being skint helps Seriously though, if folk stuck to a budget they might buy less.

There's a lot of truth in that statement about being skint. The richer you are (ceteris parabis) the greater your carbon footprint.

[The PIT]

The biggest sinner in my family is my Mother. I have cut her food down but owing Dementia if she decides she's full it's in the bin. Despite a smaller diet by some considerable way she's gone from a 16 to a 20.

[jethro]

BLAST FROM THE PAST, on 10 July 2010 - 21:40 , said:

I don't think reduced carbon is a good thing. Cleanliness and less waste yes but CO2? Its not a climate thing for me its a cleanliness thing and CO2 is not dirty. One should look at the refrigerator....genious or hamper? I mean if you couldn't store things you would eat it or buy less...its a no brainer. My freezer is full but my fridge is frequently found wanting

BFTP

Costs considerably more to run a fridge or freezer half empty, probably save you quite a bit if you got a smaller fridge, I expect it would produce less CO2 too

[BLAST FROM THE PAST]

jethro, on 10 July 2010 - 23:04 , said:

Costs considerably more to run a fridge or freezer half empty, probably save you quite a bit if you got a smaller fridge, I expect it would produce less CO2 too

A few quid max in running costs, not even double figures...the other saving?


BFTP

[Cheese Rice]

At first glance I thought we did fairly well but after thinking about it we really are pretty bad when it comes to our carbon footprint.

What we do to reduce our carbon footprint
- Recycle paper
- Loft insulation
- Double glazing
- Energy saving light bulbs in lamps
- Insulation pumped into walls
-Use train when going to Leeds

What we do to add to our climate footprint
- 1/2 holidays a year via plane never in UK or Europe
- 3 Laptops
- Wifi always on
- Three 42 inch flat screen TV's
- All TV's are Samsung which don't have an option to turn OFF unless you pull the plug, always on Standby
- DVD player on Standby
- Surround sound speakers on Standby
- Laptops usually left on
- All four of us have 2 phones
- Curtains always open, only used as a feature
- Ipod speakers left on with music playing even though there is no-one in the room
- Spotlights
- Sanded floors, heat escapes
- Regularly buying new material items to replace perfectly fine current items (lamps etc)
- Two large Samsung Fridge freezers
- Always turn heating on instead of wearing an extra layer
- Two cars
- Leaf blower, could easily use hands
- Waste alot food, from Fridge, Fruit and Veg etc ...........

List goes on and on, I guess were just your typical average busy family with busy social lives which leads to us been pretty lazy with keeping on-top of our carbon footprint.

[Beazle]

I am not in the slightest concerned with my so called "carbon footprint". Classic left wing propaganda to prop up research grants and out bloated public sector.

[laserguy]

As it happens my "carbon footprint" is very small - a result of being terminally skint and an inbuilt desire to avoid unnecessary expense as well as having an,er,environmentally responsible attitude - but I wouldn't be troubled if it was so huge that I could squish 20,000,000 environmental campaigners/ AGW types with it with every step.