Sunday, August 12, 2012

Another question for your next town hall meeting: In an effort to prevent bad weather, are we all OK with our "showering behaviors to be tracked as part of our individual carbon budgets"?

Smile! You’re on constant camera: What does the end of privacy mean for green causes? | Grist
In the future, don’t expect any privacy. Every move, every purchase, even every thought — as personality profiling becomes more sophisticated — will be observed, logged, and analyzed. Big Brother will certainly be watching us.

We might expect our shopping and showering behaviors to be tracked as part of our individual carbon budgets. As you drive around a city, your combined congestion and pollution charge could vary depending on which route you take, on the time of day, and on how much you add to local air pollution.

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