Doug wrote > I'll continue reduce, reuse, and recycle. > Ride bikes, buy less stuff, and inform my political > vote. Earth's problems will take cooperation, > creativity, consensus building, convincing hard science > free from agenda, and careful utalization of remaining > resources. G'day Doug' Nicely put. Suspect the discussion will inevitably polarise but its good to see people interested. On a practical note I'd like to see some tips on reducing the carbon footprint due to kayaking. In priority order I'm working on: Finding someone by the water front who's willing to store a boat so taking a bike or public transport for 50% of trips becomes possible. (The local pub stores mine - sort of convenient and draught beer has a very low carbon footprint:~) Trying to use the folding boat more often with public transport Moving to a healthy diet and avoiding waste like the plague. I did the calculations and it can sometimes save a huge amount of CO2 - potentially as much as cutting car use in half. Short cold showers after the trip instead of long hot ones - trouble is I lose all sense of time after a good trip! (easy for me to say I live in sunny Sydney. Looking after gear particularly clothes and kayaks aiming to make them last twice or thrice as long. I'd really like to try moving to a locally crafted wooden kayak when my present boat wears out but its a Pittarak and nearly indestructible (famous last words). Its a significant saving but not the highest priority. Any tips anyone? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 17 2008 - 02:50:29 PST
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