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137% ❗


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:38 pm
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68%


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:44 pm
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75%


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:45 pm
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Way too high! Embrassed to answer : (
Richard
Trying hard to increase my carbon fibre footprint


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:45 pm
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53% for me but that's not a surprise seeing as I live on my own


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:45 pm
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101% but the travelling bit didn't mention cycling


 
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70%


 
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68%


 
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49%

Only saving would be changing jobs so I did not spend as much time travelling to work - though i do cycle 50% of the time and buying local produce - not that easy as a vegan tbh

No flights probably helped though


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:49 pm
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86% not sure why it won't accept I walk to work.


 
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173, what do I win ?


 
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I didn't have to declare being a skier which is about the most polluting activity imaginable - whole towns stuck up mountains to accommodate skiers, artificial snow, machines moving it all night, transport to the resort. The only thing I had to declare was the bus to get there.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:50 pm
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101%

I am below UK average.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:51 pm
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73%

I blame the dogs.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 9:58 pm
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Foreign holidays seem to cost a [b]lot[/b] of carbon.


 
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duplicate.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:07 pm
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I got 110% when I did it with no flights. which is some years, some years I go no flights, sometime I take a few. So based my original on 1 return flight. added an extra 27%! 😯

Over all it's a range of things I need to improve on, that's even me with no car, but travelling on bus and trains. should probably cycle more, last 2 years I essentially stopped commuting, arse in gear I think! I imagine that'll bring it down alot.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:10 pm
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160% but I'm certain that is skewed by my job requirements of a huge amount of travel and eating away from home.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:18 pm
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87% for me with some glaring omissions from the questionnaire

598% for SWMBO 😀 **** you planet earth

Edit loving the tips to walk or car pool. From Fife to Sydney!


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:21 pm
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49%
Solar panels
EV car


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:21 pm
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It's just a guestimate. They should really be asking:

annual gas consumption in m3 (0)
electricity in kWh +or- (-1500)
litres of petrol and diesel per year. (about 350l petrol for three people)
kms of flights (I too put 1 in but rarely fly because I detest flying)
kms of train (about 1500)
kms of bus/taxi (about1500)
m2 of property occupied
gms of meat/week
weight of recycling and disposal bins each week in kgs
polluting activities: skiing, swimming, mechanical sports,
Number of TVs, phones, computers, amplifiers, US made guitars, white goods, cameras... owned
decorating bills for the last ten years


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:23 pm
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51%, can I have a cookie or will that push it up?

It's just another one of those 'gaping holes' and assumptions type questionnaires though isn't it, but if it gets people thinking about their behaviour it can't do any harm


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:23 pm
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243% Did my long haul fights boost it?


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:25 pm
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243% Did my long haul fights boost it?

Scroll down on the results page and you'll get a breakdown


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:28 pm
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86%


 
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102% WTF, I don't even have a car at the moment.

I fly to Spain twice a year to visit my elderly dad though, so I guess that's what tipped it. It's a bit far to cycle.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:33 pm
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83%. Cats and a van to blame I suspect.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:33 pm
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106% but isn't exactly accurate as the temp calc assumes that's the whole time.
Hopefully the real one is lots less


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:36 pm
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87% probably higher tbh.


 
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88%

The travel part came to 27%, I either use the train or cycle to work, one medium haul flight in the last year for personal use, we've only one car between us.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:38 pm
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396%

My palm oil plantation in Brazil bollocksed it right up for me.
Burning virgin rainforest is bad apparently. Don't do it kids.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:39 pm
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93 footprints


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:40 pm
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90% with over 55% of that being related to a 4 bed house and only 2 adult occupants with oil central heating and no solar. My house only uses 1000 litres of oil per year for heating and hot water...my total energy bill is £700 for heating and electricity...

Not sure it's right, but hey ho.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:41 pm
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125%, but I have no children so I am golden, I can do whatever the f*** I want to.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:45 pm
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Can't wait to see the paper clip salesmen Flashearts results.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 10:48 pm
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101%
I don't get it though? 1 European flight, recycle everything, and waste a tiny amount of food (usually just bread) I don't own a car and don't use public transport every day as a work from home and cycle a reasonable amount. Try and cook from scratch when I can and buy some of meat/veg from the farmers market.
Have insulated my loft to over the 270mm, fitted triple glazing and the latest smart storage heaters that are supposed to drop your bills by 20-25% all electric but my bills are less than £500 a year for heating/water/cooking.
Showers not baths and the washing machine only a couple of times a week (overnight on economy7) I don't even have any heat source in the bedroom as the rest of the flat keeps it warm enough.
I appreciate that having just 1 person in the flat is using up more energy then me and the other half co-habiting but how did that give a high score?


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 11:28 pm
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[quote=piemonster ]Can't wait to see the paper clip salesmen Flashearts results.

what he spends on shoes is bound to influence his score


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 11:36 pm
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92% here. It's quite clearly far too vague to be anywhere near accurate, though my lack of flights helps to make up for living in a big house and owning a big car.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 11:41 pm
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63% but more due to the fact that I'm very poor rather than a lifestyle choice.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 11:47 pm
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85%, flying to Nepal last autumn pushed it up.


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 11:51 pm
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57% but on the basis of the question loading it should be much lower as I eat my own home produced meat with most meals and drive a large diesel Landrover a total of about 4000 miles a year. Also my house is hot because the wood burner has little control and the house is so well insulated it gets very hot very quickly!


 
Posted : 17/03/2017 11:55 pm
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Load of idealistic bollox. I can't work any closer to home but doing the commute by train makes it 125% versus 84% changing that answer.

#simplisticTreeHuggers


 
Posted : 18/03/2017 12:03 am
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technically you can work closer to home we all can unless we actually work at home

Granted we may need to change jobs [ I would have to], get paid less etc but any commute is generally theoretically reducible


 
Posted : 18/03/2017 12:06 am
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Wow. 287% with a twice yearly flight to Australia. 120% without.


 
Posted : 18/03/2017 12:20 am
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153%

Good job I didn't fill this in a few years ago, use to fly long haul at least monthly plus twice weekly European and 30k driving pa.


 
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