Comments on: Java One http://tromey.com/blog/?p=350 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:37:08 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tom http://tromey.com/blog/?p=350&cpage=1#comment-35531 tom Thu, 10 May 2007 07:37:42 +0000 http://tromey.com/blog/?p=350#comment-35531 A few folks I asked agreed that they were also confused about what exactly was meant. However I recall Rich Green saying that the current costs per ton for carbon offset are vastly too low. A few folks I asked agreed that they were also confused about what exactly was meant. However I recall Rich Green saying that the current costs per ton for carbon offset are vastly too low.

]]> By: Chris http://tromey.com/blog/?p=350&cpage=1#comment-35154 Chris Wed, 09 May 2007 03:06:56 +0000 http://tromey.com/blog/?p=350#comment-35154 > also there was some talk (though I lost a bit of context) about having the conference be carbon neutral. It'd be interesting to hear more. Claims of being able to pay a small amount of money to make a plane trip carbon-neutral are always almost bogus; paying a large amount might be less so. I think we should challenge what this means when a company uses it, though it's obviously a nice sentiment. - Chris. > also there was some talk (though I lost a bit of context) about having the conference be carbon neutral.

It’d be interesting to hear more. Claims of being able to pay a small amount of money to make a plane trip carbon-neutral are always almost bogus; paying a large amount might be less so. I think we should challenge what this means when a company uses it, though it’s obviously a nice sentiment.

- Chris.

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