tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156940350159100953.post6207944324867077424..comments2024-01-14T22:07:22.183-08:00Comments on Sustainable Energy - without the hot air: Carbon Carousel FraudDavid MacKay FRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08023079754784119955noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156940350159100953.post-31874589427912686832008-01-24T06:25:00.000-08:002008-01-24T06:25:00.000-08:00I'm assuming the fraud here is from claiming that ...I'm assuming the fraud here is from claiming that a 100% green tariff is utterly carbon neutral when there are other financial obligations on the supplier that mean that it is no longer the case? Not to mention that its grid electricity so could be anything and you are thus relying on the honesty and success of the generator to supply additional green electricity<BR/><BR/>I've done a quick worksheet lookup here for reference:<BR/><BR/>http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pYDw6GR4D-S5SKXpYDNMwVgRobin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648517992918303543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6156940350159100953.post-37174207502167279072007-12-31T06:08:00.000-08:002007-12-31T06:08:00.000-08:00This ties in with the intuitive notion that none o...This ties in with the intuitive notion that none of the technology that the author is using, directly or through the grid, abstracts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and locks it away from the atmosphere.<BR/><BR/>Without such technology (growing wood for furniture would count) the concept of carbon negative only arises if there is a carbon positive allowance somewhere else, such as granting a pollution rate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611897410053818517noreply@blogger.com