Offset Your Computer's Emissions With the Click of a Mouse!

9 months ago Environment

Macintosh Plus :: Retrocomputing on the greenPhoto: Bruno Cordioli

Everyone uses computers. You're sat in front of one right now! But, while you're tapping away at your keyboard, did you realize how much you're contributing to greenhouse gases? A recent report showed that computers, cell phones and their associated gadgets accounted for the emission of 830 million tonnes of CO2 worldwide in 2007 – around 2% of the total of emissions we humans cause, and about the same as that released by the aviation industry!

Follow the link to our friends at Like it for Good, then Like, Tweet, or Google + their post, and you'll be offsetting the emissions your computer produces for three months via carbon credits from Renewable Choice Energy and us here at EG!

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MikeDeHaan says

Aug 26th, 2011 at 12am
Brilliant idea from "Like It for Good"; and few issues are likely to be so important as climate change and CO2 offsets. Thanks for highlighting this.