http://www.brilliantthinking.net/2007/05/14/deforestation-is-killing-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deforestation-is-killing-us Helping you make the most of the Internet Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.brilliantthinking.net/2007/05/14/deforestation-is-killing-us/comment-page-1/#comment-16031 Zero Point » Live Earth: The Pledge Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:29:03 +0000 http://www.hologram.me.uk/deforestation-is-killing-us/2007/05/14/#comment-16031 [...] Carbon neutral is a 0% nett balance of emissions - ie what we use we repay. If the popluation become carbon neutral en masse, would this equate to an average 50% reduction in global emissions over the next 2 years? Forgive the synicism, but we all (businesses included) need to address the issue (see Deforestation is Killing Us) in order to prevent the problems just around the corner. Carbon negative is a better goal - put back more than you take out! 3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the CO2; [...] [...] Carbon neutral is a 0% nett balance of emissions – ie what we use we repay. If the popluation become carbon neutral en masse, would this equate to an average 50% reduction in global emissions over the next 2 years? Forgive the synicism, but we all (businesses included) need to address the issue (see Deforestation is Killing Us) in order to prevent the problems just around the corner. Carbon negative is a better goal – put back more than you take out! 3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the CO2; [...]

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