Comments on: Carbon Footprint of Tropicana Orange Juice: 1.7 Kg http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/01/23/carbon-footprint-of-tropicana-orange-juice-17-kg/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bill Bider http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/01/23/carbon-footprint-of-tropicana-orange-juice-17-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-106703 Bill Bider Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:29:15 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/01/23/carbon-footprint-of-tropicana-orange-juice-17-kg/#comment-106703 The world is going mad with this fear of CO2. We are wasting so much time and money evaluating carbon footprints that we are neglecting things that really matter. Time will show that this carbon histeria has been one huge hoax. How sad that even many conservatives who generally see the fallacies in such save the earth movements are playing the game because there is money to be made or government dollars to be obtained. I am quite sure that when the earth does not warm and disaster does not strike us, Al Gore and his followers will take the credit for saving the earth. The world is going mad with this fear of CO2. We are wasting so much time and money evaluating carbon footprints that we are neglecting things that really matter. Time will show that this carbon histeria has been one huge hoax. How sad that even many conservatives who generally see the fallacies in such save the earth movements are playing the game because there is money to be made or government dollars to be obtained. I am quite sure that when the earth does not warm and disaster does not strike us, Al Gore and his followers will take the credit for saving the earth.

]]> By: Helene York http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/01/23/carbon-footprint-of-tropicana-orange-juice-17-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-105748 Helene York Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:57:20 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/01/23/carbon-footprint-of-tropicana-orange-juice-17-kg/#comment-105748 Pepsi's step should not be underestimated. If they use the Carbon Trust's methodology, which is transparent and internationally-consistent, other companies aren't going to be that far behind. Last year when we developed a calculator to allow consumers to measure the GWP of different food choices (www.eatlowcarbon.org), we had to ignore beverages because there was virtually no data. I hope their work in the future outlines the differences between 64 oz containers and smaller bottles. We look forward to publishing comparative data for beverages in our v 2.0. Pepsi’s step should not be underestimated. If they use the Carbon Trust’s methodology, which is transparent and internationally-consistent, other companies aren’t going to be that far behind. Last year when we developed a calculator to allow consumers to measure the GWP of different food choices (www.eatlowcarbon.org), we had to ignore beverages because there was virtually no data. I hope their work in the future outlines the differences between 64 oz containers and smaller bottles. We look forward to publishing comparative data for beverages in our v 2.0.

]]> By: Pete Vallance http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/01/23/carbon-footprint-of-tropicana-orange-juice-17-kg/comment-page-1/#comment-105417 Pete Vallance Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:49:02 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/01/23/carbon-footprint-of-tropicana-orange-juice-17-kg/#comment-105417 That's all very well BUt what does it really mean, what can we benchmark this against. Is the Carbon Footprint of this better or worse than one litre of Co-opetative Fairtrade Orange Juice? Any one got any ideas? Pete V That’s all very well BUt what does it really mean, what can we benchmark this against.

Is the Carbon Footprint of this better or worse than one litre of Co-opetative Fairtrade Orange Juice?

Any one got any ideas?

Pete V

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