Martin Howard on sat 29 may 99
For those interested in saving the world from us, the inhabitants, I
suggest you turn your browser to www.co2.org
This a group in Oxford, England, which studies CO2 emissions and how we
can make amends for the damage we do.
In my planning consultancy work for Compassion in World Farming
(opposing factory farming) I use figures from the Carbon Storage Trust
which show how many hectares of mature UK forest are needed for a given
emission of CO2. A working estimate is that one hectare of forest can
lock about 100 tonnes of CO2. This would cost in carbon offsets #5.45
per tonne of CO2 (#20 per tonne of carbon). CO2 is 27.27% by weight
Carbon.
Perhaps some Clayarters would like to calculate what their emissions are
costing the world environment, and how they can make due recompense.
One made the comment to me that we small fry are causing more emissions
than the large factories, plate for plate, so we do not have good green
credentials. Perhaps we should all live in the middle of new sustainable
forests. Ah, what a lovely thought.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery and Press
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE
Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
araneajo@gn.apc.org
Nils Lou on sat 29 may 99
dave, you imply that the average salt firing gives off significant amounts
of chlorine. in fact, it is hardly measurable. 99% of stack effluent from
salting is salt water vapor. just what mom says is good for a stuffy nose.
as for ssalting in electric--it is done routinely. Nils
On Thu, 27 May 1999, dave morrison wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> now if we could just fire an electric salt...... by the way, i heard this
> yesterday, dont know if its true. an average swimming pool gives off more
> chlorine per day than an average salt firing. ??????
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NakedClay@aol.com
> To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Saving the world: Gas vs. electric
>
>
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >In a message dated 5/24/99 6:50:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ikiru@kami.com
> >writes:
> >
> >> Wood as fuel can be the cleanest, if you plant and grow your own
> >> trees for fuel. Growing trees takes carbon out of the air and
> because
> >> you leave almost a third of the tree in the ground as roots, there is a
> >> net reduction of carbon in the air.
> >------------------------------------
> >I nominate wind power and solar power, as the cleanest (albiet expensive)
> >sources of electrical energy. There are some locations on the planet where
> >trees don't grow, but the wind blows strong daily, and the sun shines
> nearly
> >year 'round.
> >
> >Milton NakedClay@AOL.COM
> >
> >Yucca Valley, CA
> >One such place where the wind blows daily, and the sun shines nearly as
> often!
> >
>
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