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<BR>&gt;&gt;&gt This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_4A31_01CE2FE1.62A15390 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Patrick & All, Apr 2, 2013 Any carbon offset procedures, that I have heard of, are just = government-approved feel-good scams; a throwback to indulgences when any = sin had a price.=20 Are there some soundly based and honestly run procedures that really = work ? If so then what is the mechanism and how is the intended effect = verified ? Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville =20 =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Patrick Kelly=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] carbon footprints Actually that's one of the two main reasons why I don't drive from = Windsor to all ends of the province just to see a rare bird. The other = is that it would eat up a lot of time from my weekend and with my luck = I'd get there and find it has flown the coop! Travelling with a group to = share the gas, footprint and have conversation there and back would be = different. When it comes to travel, I have never done one just for birding, = although if it is to a new area, I will do birding as part of it. In = those cases, I use carbon credits to make the trip balance out. I = suppose I could do the same thing with car trips, but since I don't know = of any easy way to buy time credits=85 Pat On Apr 1, 2013, at 7:45 PM, David Patriquin wrote: I have been feeling somewhat "guilty" about my carbon footprint to = see Humboldt Penguins & other wildlife & landscapes in Chile & Peru, = then read about the Caracara at Conrads. If I was home I would probably = have joined the flocks of birdwatchers (hopefully in shared = transportation), but I do wonder about birdwatchers' carbon footprints = sometimes. In other words, is the carbon footprint bigger if a single = birdwatcher goes to Mexico to birdwatch or a single Caracara goes to = Conrad Beach? = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Patrick Kelly Director of Computer Facilities = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Faculty of Architecture and Planning Dalhousie University = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D MAIL COURIER PO Box 15000 5410 Spring Garden Road Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada Canada = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phone:(902) 494-3294 FAX:(902) 423-6672 = E-mail:patrick.kelly@dal.ca = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3267 / Virus Database: 3161/6218 - Release Date: = 04/01/13 ------=_NextPart_000_4A31_01CE2FE1.62A15390 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19403"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Patrick & All, = =20 = Apr=20 2, 2013</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Any carbon offset procedures, = that I have=20 heard of, are just government-approved feel-good scams; a throwback to=20 indulgences when any sin had a price. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Are there some soundly based and = honestly=20 run procedures that really work ? If so then what is the mechanism and = how=20 is the intended effect verified ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dpatrick.kelly@dal.ca = href=3D"mailto:patrick.kelly@dal.ca">Patrick=20 Kelly</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 02, 2013 = 2:30=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] carbon=20 footprints</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Actually that's one of the two main reasons why I don't = drive=20 from Windsor to all ends of the province just to see a rare bird. The = other is=20 that it w