Comments on: Melbourne Is Now A Certified Carbon Neutral City

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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:25:31 +0000

[…] city of Melbourne was declared carbon neutral last month. Such measures not only help in achieving voluntary targets to reduce carbon emissions […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:46:00 +0000

say who?

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:46:00 +0000

yeah, that’s a great one.

By: Adam Grant

Adam Grant — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:33:00 +0000

A certain atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases is desirable, and as we mature as a species we’re going to have to manage these levels in a responsible way, possibly clamping total GHG to the equivalent of 200 ppm of CO2 or so. Remember, if this level is allowed to fall too low, the climate’s natural course will include ice ages.
For now though, the challenge is to break corporations’ political power, slow the release of additional GHG’s, and soak up the worst of the excess carbon in the air and seas.

By: anderlan

anderlan — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:38:00 +0000

“CO2 into the atmosphere that has not seen the light of day since fungus was invented” I’m copying that for sure. Such a memorable way of emphasizing that point that we are not only abusing the carbon cycle, but that most of our fossil fuel burning is carbon that was thought to be permanently removed from the carbon cycle by Providence–it was sequestered/buried before life could even break it down and ‘burn’ it. Thanks.

By: Craig Allen

Craig Allen — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:40:00 +0000

Yeah, I think this probably just refers to the buildings in which council employees work, and the vehicles they drive. Perhaps also some municiple facilities. Things like street lighting or waste treatment are the responsibility of the (coal loving) State government I’m pretty sure. It is important that they’re working with businesses, but the carbon neutral classification is a bit misleading without that context being explained.

By: Ronald Brakels

Ronald Brakels — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:36:00 +0000

Note that the City of Melbourne is not to be confused with Melbourne which is a city. Melbourne which is a city has made a good start by installing about 100,000 rooftop solar systems, but it is still the giant battle zoid of Australian emissions and is busy pumping CO2 into the atmosphere that has not seen the light of day since fungus was invented.