Calling all Bloggers: Offset 350 Pounds of CO2 by Doing Almost Nothing

Hey you, yeah you. Wanna help out the environment? Great cause I got a sweet deal for ya. Just for doing (virtually) nothing you can offset 350 pounds of CO2. How much is that? It's like not driving your car for two weeks, or turning off 100 light bulbs. Not bad right? What's the catch? Ok, see that green badge on the right side of this page.

No, down further... further...further... there!

Ok, that's all you have to do, put it on your blog. See, I told you this was gonna be easy. So go to Brighter Planet's 350 Challenge and grab the code to put the badge on your blog, then let 'em know about it. Their goal is to get 350 bloggers to do this which would be 122,500 pounds of carbon for those of you following along at home, which is like turning off all the lights in Washington D.C. for five minutes. Simple, quick, solutions. It's not about the breakthrough developments it's about all the small things we do that add up over time, that's how we're gonna turn around global warming.

Ignore global warming at your own risk

This is a really good ad from the WWF. It just really resonates for me. (via Denver Egotist)

Earth Hour: Will it matter?

Where's my jetpack? has a nice post on the blackening of Google for today's Earth Hour. I think they raise an important question: will it really get us to change? Believe me, I'm all in support of doing whatever it takes to help prevent any further global warming but I also agree that it's going to take a lot more than a few idealists to get things done. We need the vast majority of people to get on board and unfortunately it looks like most people don't give a shit about our planet or the people they share it with. What do you think?

New York Times: Fuel from CO2?

According this NYT blog Los Alamos lab has created a method from which a methanol fuel can be made from the CO2 in the air around us. The catch? A nuclear plant would need to be built to supply enough electricity to make the process happen. A debate seems to be raging in the comments section as to whether or not this process is an oringinal idea and whether or not it's feasible at all. If this is possible it'd be a huge breakthrough.