Dot Earth – What if CO2 was “pink”

re: Dot Earth 10/22/09 on Keeping the Gas in the Pipeline

Ah yes Andy…If CO2 was “pink”, then we’d all SEE it. Good idea.

That’s something we might connect to one of the nice clear ways to clearly visualize it, imagining all the “pink gas” you’d need to “exhale” for each choice you make to consume fossil fuels. It’s a shocker, I warn you. This is actually very legitimate math. It’s based on the reality that most spending will naturally have about average embodied energy and carbon content. (see www.synapse9.com/design/dollarshadow.htm) Continue reading Dot Earth – What if CO2 was “pink”