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| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 88 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 75.205.198.250 Rating: N/A |
Since I've been fulltiming it I've been wondering where I stand. I expect to cover about 15k miles per year at 6 mpg. I know I'm lugging around 50,000 lbs. which is equivalent to 16+ cars... so each would have to get 100/mpg to be just as efficient. Seriously, what's the CO2 tons for burning 2500 gallons of diesel? I'd be curious wheather I'm twice as big a pig as the average American household, or 100 times... or just what. Get out the slide rules and chime in! dg | ||
| Ed Jewett (Kristinsgrandpa)
Registered Member Username: Kristinsgrandpa Post Number: 345 Registered: 2-2003 Posted From: 64.24.214.99 Rating: N/A |
Check with the EPA. It might be an enlightening experience. Ed | ||
| Tim Brandt (Timb)
Registered Member Username: Timb Post Number: 87 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 74.244.14.221 Rating: |
22.384 pounds per gallon http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/factors.html Although I find the whole carbon footprint/credit bit a scam that people are perpetrating on the public during the current global warming hysteria. | ||
| joe padberg (Joemc7ab)
Registered Member Username: Joemc7ab Post Number: 156 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 66.38.159.33 Rating: N/A |
Doyle Slide Rule. that pretty well dates you. My kids used to say "what's that good for" Carbon foot print? How much comes out of a volcano? After that whatever might be contributed by your bus prettywell becomes meaningless. Joe. | ||
| Doyle Gaither (Texasborderdude)
Registered Member Username: Texasborderdude Post Number: 89 Registered: 3-2007 Posted From: 75.205.1.65 Rating: N/A |
Glad I didn't say "get our your abaci". I don't give a s$$$$t about global warming... the point is I'm curious what my footprint is vs a commuting dad who drives 1000 miles per week; has a soccer-mom wife who drives a 12mpg SUV; and lives in a 4,000 square foot home. I think I and my dog are doing the planet a favor by living in the bus!!! dg | ||
| Kevin Black (Kblackav8or)
Registered Member Username: Kblackav8or Post Number: 84 Registered: 8-2005 Posted From: 24.152.174.198 Rating: N/A |
As someone who took environmental conservation in college in the last 10 years. Don't get wrapped around the axle about it. It is just the latest in a series of scare tactics to gain control of your lifestyle. It is junk science. | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1096 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.66.19.17 Rating: N/A |
Hello Doyle. Sean has done some figuring on this and commented recently, either here or over at MAK. By his calculations, full timing appears to be far less stressful on the environment than some of the more conventional ways of existing. He'll chime in when he sees this. happy coaching! buswarrior | ||
| Sean Welsh (Sean)
Registered Member Username: Sean Post Number: 685 Registered: 1-2003 Posted From: 67.142.130.22 Rating: N/A |
Actually, I would not have even seen this thread, if not for Buswarrior dropping me an email. That's because we are working 12+ hour days here in San Bernardino for the Red Cross on the southern California wildfire relief operation. I think the comments to which he is referring appeared on my blog, in this post: http://ourodyssey.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-action-day.html You'll probably not hear further from me, though, at least until things are winding down here. -Sean http://OurOdyssey.BlogSpot.com | ||
| JC Alacoque (Jc_alacoque)
Registered Member Username: Jc_alacoque Post Number: 49 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 74.127.205.107 Rating: N/A |
If you are full timing in a bus, you are not maintaining a house and a cottage, you are not driving two cars. You're only driving the bus a few days a year since you are sitting at camp sites more than moving, so your "foot print" is a lot smaller than the average middle class working stiff. So you can carry on feeling good about youself... | ||
| Buswarrior (Buswarrior)
Registered Member Username: Buswarrior Post Number: 1097 Registered: 12-2000 Posted From: 76.68.121.96 Rating: N/A |
That's it. Good read for both both camps. happy coaching! buswarrior |
