Going Carbon Neutral 2

Unlike Justin Rowlatt, Newsnight's "Ethical Man", I have been unable to call in the resources of the University of Surrey to help calculate my household energy usage and advise on steps to take. So in the end I went for what seemed one of the most thorough of the various online carbon calculators. Actually, the result was so bad I tried it again on several others. However, it does appear we emit more than double the national average. About 20 tons of Carbon a year. Something must be done. We already recycle, have above average house insulation, low energy bulbs. But commuting and travel seem to be the big problems. That and insufficient discipline in not allowing anything electronic to stay in standby mode - even if it does mean missing the overnight download of programme information to the TV's programme guide. My wife is also convinced that overfilling the kettle plays a part.

Last week's Tyndall Group Report gave us four years to reverse the current growth in emissions.

This week Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth is launched in the UK - and the website offers a few clues on what to do.

David Cameron and others are going for personal wind turbines - but there seems real doubt they are a sensible way forward for most people. I'm more inclined down the solar panel route.

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