Paul Crossley

So how are we doing in our household on our carbon footprint.

Cars

- mine current mileage July 1 2008 46290 Jan 1 2008 45255 (previous totals 1330 : 1664 : 1579)

- my wife's car - July 1 2008 50366 Jan 1 2008 45786 (previous totals 7435 : 4877 : 5133)

car travel = 5615 miles = emissions from this at a small car rate are: 1.41 Tonnes of CO2 The cost to offset this CO2 will be £ 12.42

Flights = work - NONE : holiday - Maggie - flight to Egypt holiday in January. Paul and Maggie to Amsterdam in May = 1.05 tonnes CO2 at £9.31

House

electricity meter 81511.7  jan 1 to 83216.9 Jul 1 = 0.55 tonnes of CO2 = £4.83 BUT at the beginning of this year we swapped to GoodEnergy who are one of the UK suppliers who guarantee generating 100% renewable - so no charge.

gas meter 04315,83.2 to 05398,68.4 - 1082 KWh = .23 Tonne + £2.00

Therefore my carbon offset cost of house, travel for me and my wife for the first 6 months of 2008 are £23.73 Payment made to Climatecare. Certificate certificate_Jul08.pdf

Again I do not count travel for offeset when I have used public transport such as  train, taxi and bus or lift shared in another car.

For the next six months I will include lift share journeys made in private cars and also I will suggest to Climate Care that they need to include household water in the total.