Comments for Save Carbon by Spending Money at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/825#comment-7172 In spite of the irony of the idea, I get its logic...Well, you have a point there... ;) - Honda Catalytic Converters Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:31:03 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/weird-stuff/825#comment-3846 Just a bit of English sarcasm to bring Hank Green back to earth: Capitalist consumption (spending money) is extremely highly related to CO2 emissions and many other , but less high profile environmental impacts. In fact an academic (Wackernagel 1992) found that the 20% most wealthy Canadians harm the earth about 4* more than the 20% poorest Canadians. Just imagine what this figure would be in a country like the US, with far greater social inequality. See http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ahsOIFvmGf4C&oi=fnd&pg=PP11&dq=wackernagel canada 20% poorest&ots=lAhksbvy7i&sig=5AWQdflHpAYAnfDqNz37fhG1tBA#PPP1,M1 and http://www.sustainable-cities.org.uk/Database_files/phrase-practice.pdf While not criticizing the card (I actually think its a great idea) I would just like to destroy the implicit assumption that it is OK to spend thousand of dollars on things you don't need (anything that's not food, water or a BASIC home, provided you have a guilt free credit card. It is us, the wealthy Westerners who are destroying the world and reducing our consumption of energy and unnecessary, bulky products is the first thing we can do to help. When this happens please, by all means invest in green energies. Just don't let fads take the guilt out of over-consumption. Robin Lovelace, Bristol University - Robin Lovelace Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:19:16 +0100