Not as good as you’d think
There’s an interesting piece in today’s Guardian G2 which debunks some common “carbon myths”. There are 6 myth’s which range from the value of domestic generation of electricity to the real numbers on the UK’s carbon emissions from aircraft. According to the piece, even using eco lightbulbs doesn’t make as big an impact on our emissions as we would think. That’s not say that we shouldn’t bother using eco bulbs or that watching our food miles is pointless – it just means we need to do more if we are to make a real go of reducing our emissions by the possible 80% that government is talking about. The Big Green Challenge is about doing more – on a bigger scale with whole communities rather than just individuals and by encouraging people to come up with the really innovative solutions that are needed if our actions are to have any impact.
