Monday, June 30, 2008

Prince Charles gets his CO2 footprint all the way down to 2,795 tons!!

AFP: Prince Charles sees income rise, carbon emissions drop
A fervent advocate of environmental protection, the prince also reduced his emissions of carbon dioxide, the gas considered primarily responsible for global warming, by 630 tonnes to 2,795 tonnes in 2007-08.

To offset the remaining emissions, the royal financed several ecological projects.

He achieved the 18 percent reduction in carbon emissions by switching to a "green" electricity supplier, reducing travel-related emissions and converting his 38-year-old Aston Martin Volante DB6 to run on bioethanol made from surplus British wine, among other things.

Based on his success in cutting emissions, the prince has doubled his target for reducing emissions to a 25 percent drop by 2012, compared with 2007 levels, from his previous goal of 12.5 percent.

The carbon emissions totals include those for his activities, as well as those of his wife Camilla, his residence and offices in Clarence House in London, his residence in Highgrove in Gloucestershire, and Birkhall in Scotland, and the official activities of his staff.

The emissions do not include those carried out on official travel or business, which are offset by the government, or those produced by his farms, which emitted 2,459 tonnes of carbon last year.
From a related link:
Your carbon footprint revealed: Climate change report finds we each produce 11 tons of carbon a year - and breaks down how we do it - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
A study by the government-funded Carbon Trust puts the annual carbon footprint of the average Briton at 10.92 tons of CO2...

1 comment:

John M Reynolds said...

But now we need to know how many tonnes are in a ton?

1 tonne is 0.9842 tons

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I never realized they were so close!