[NatureNS] carbon footprints

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Hi Patrick & All,                        Apr 2, 2013
    Any carbon offset procedures, that I have heard of, are just =
government-approved feel-good scams; a throwback to indulgences when any =
sin had a price.=20

    Are there some soundly based and honestly run procedures that really =
work ? If so then what is the mechanism and how is the intended effect =
verified ?

Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville

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  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Patrick Kelly=20
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 2:30 PM
  Subject: Re: [NatureNS] carbon footprints


  Actually that's one of the two main reasons why I don't drive from =
Windsor to all ends of the province just to see a rare bird. The other =
is that it would eat up a lot of time from my weekend and with my luck =
I'd get there and find it has flown the coop! Travelling with a group to =
share the gas, footprint and have conversation there and back would be =
different.


  When it comes to travel, I have never done one just for birding, =
although if it is to a new area, I will do birding as part of it. In =
those cases, I use carbon credits to make the trip balance out. I =
suppose I could do the same thing with car trips, but since I don't know =
of any easy way to buy time credits=85


  Pat




  On Apr 1, 2013, at 7:45 PM, David Patriquin wrote:


    I have been feeling somewhat "guilty" about my carbon footprint to =
see Humboldt Penguins & other wildlife & landscapes in Chile & Peru, =
then read about the Caracara at Conrads. If I was home I would probably =
have joined the flocks of birdwatchers (hopefully in shared =
transportation), but I do wonder about birdwatchers' carbon footprints =
sometimes.  In other words, is the carbon footprint bigger if a single =
birdwatcher goes to Mexico to birdwatch or a single Caracara goes to =
Conrad Beach?






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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any carbon offset procedures, =
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indulgences when any sin had a price.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there some soundly based and =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV>
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  footprints</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>Actually that's one of the two main reasons why I don't =
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  from Windsor to all ends of the province just to see a rare bird. The =
other is=20
  that it w