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My take on it is similar to CapnG's, even if its a natural part of the cycle, and ive heard the whole solar system is "warmer" lately, mankind should none the less adopt "best practise" and try and reduce our "footprint" which is a nice way to say pollution by any and all means possible.
sadly i know someone whos in marketing, and i can tell you that the whole "green" thing is being used as a way to milk money, to add a premium to products, and as a means of capturing market share.

i do think moving to a carbon based accounting system is a good idea though and we are seeing it in the UK. products on the shelf have a rating based on the carbon that was used to create and more significantly transport the product to the point of sale.

so a bottle of red wine being sold in london has a larger carbon "cost" if its australian wine, than if it were french. the actual cost in "money", coming secondary to the carbon cost being the idea of carbon based accounting, ie choices.

<blockquote data-quote="mike" data-source="post: 53892" data-attributes="member: 9271">My take on it is similar to CapnG&#039;s, even if its a natural part of the cycle, and ive heard the whole solar system is &quot;warmer&quot; lately, mankind should none the less adopt &quot;best practise&quot; and try and reduce our &quot;footprint&quot; which is a nice way to say pollution by any and all means possible.sadly i know someone whos in marketing, and i can tell you that the whole &quot;green&quot; thing is being used as a way to milk money, to add a premium to products, and as a means of capturing market share.&nbsp;i do think moving to a carbon based accounting system is a good idea though and we are seeing it in the UK. products on the shelf have a rating based on the carbon that was used to create and more significantly transport the product to the point of sale.&nbsp;so a bottle of red wine being sold in london has a larger carbon &quot;cost&quot; if its australian wine, than if it were french. the actual cost in &quot;money&quot;, coming secondary to the carbon cost being the idea of carbon based accounting, ie choices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mike, post: 53892, member: 9271"] My take on it is similar to CapnG's, even if its a natural part of the cycle, and ive heard the whole solar system is "warmer" lately, mankind should none the less adopt "best practise" and try and reduce our "footprint" which is a nice way to say pollution by any and all means possible. sadly i know someone whos in marketing, and i can tell you that the whole "green" thing is being used as a way to milk money, to add a premium to products, and as a means of capturing market share. i do think moving to a carbon based accounting system is a good idea though and we are seeing it in the UK. products on the shelf have a rating based on the carbon that was used to create and more significantly transport the product to the point of sale. so a bottle of red wine being sold in london has a larger carbon "cost" if its australian wine, than if it were french. the actual cost in "money", coming secondary to the carbon cost being the idea of carbon based accounting, ie choices. [/QUOTE]

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