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Thread started on 21/7/2007 00:10

faupauxs

faupauxs

Thanks for stopping in! If you’d like to join the Columbia Gorge CRAG just send me your information through the ‘contact’ link or directly to my email which is faupauxs@yahoo.com. Let me know how you want your name displayed on this site – full, first only, initials or userID.

HOW TO JOIN

You join a CRAG by letting your nearest group’s “carbon accountant” (me for now, although I’m not great at accounting – anyone interested in this position?) know and by explaining something about your living circumstances as this will affect how your CO2 is counted.

  • For example, my details are:
    • I live in a free-standing home with my family of 3
    • Our heating is by electricity
    • Our appliances all run on electricity (vs. oil, natural gas)
    • 100% of our electricity is from a ‘green’ source (hydroelectric, wind, methane plant)
    • I own one car which is mine
  • I am the only one joining the group from my household (so far)

My ration would therefore have to cover 1/3 of the household’s emissions (no matter how much or little the others contributed to the total) and all of my car’s emissions (no matter how often others borrowed or shared my car (unless we as a group decide to track this differently).
There is more information available at:
http://www.carbonrationing.org.uk/files/carbon_rationing_guide.pdf
You are in no way committing yourself to a ration yet but as a member you will get to help decide what our yearly limit should be and other important matters.