Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 01:06:13 -0400
Reply-To: Tom Myers <motmyers@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Tom Myers <motmyers@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Car climate tags for your vanagon
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Just pondering a BurningMan trip this year [ 5000 mile RT ] along with
thinking about how i
missed EveryBus again[ looked like fun! ]
Sadly - with gas heading to $4.00 + and all the climate change talk - it
just seems better not to go! :O(
It appears that I will use 250 gallons of gas approx. [ 5000 miles/20mpg]
to attend BM.
With the theme of "Green Man" this year- my attendance could be an oxymoron.
So I looked up Carbon offset purchasing for the vanagon and found this site
[ there are several ]
http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/land/car_climate_tags
A yearly pass for our vanagons is $29.95! A lifetime pass is $400
I do not advocate a car climate tag as a guilt free way to burn gasoline.
Everyone would agree conservation is a better mode.
[ Errr.... maybe that's why I missed EveryBus... yes that's it... ]
However - in lieu of the 42 mpg Subaru Diesel engine transplant and a desire
to use my Westy for what it was made for.... I figure the following may
help a little:
- A car climate pass
- A functioning catalytic converter/ oxygen sensor . I cringe when a listee
describes how to "empty out" a converter because it is a nuisance or how to
install a bypass pipe. - lets face it - they help with pollution reduction
[ not carbon]
[They cost $99 /$55 from our vendors...] [ that's less as a stereo upgrade,
an iPod, SA grille upgrade, 15 inch alloys, a second battery or a Fiamma
awning....]
A survey of carbon credit services :
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/survey_of_carbo.php
Happy camping!
Tom Myers
Rochester NY
90 Westy
91 Syncro
http://motsvan.blogspot.com
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