My carbon emissions

I visited the Climate Trust and found out that my family and I spew 26.46 tons of carbon dioxide into the environment each year:

And look where it's all coming from: air travel! I've been hearing that air travel is a major contributor to global warming, but I'm still surprised by how much it dominates these numbers. Now for the painful part: how much will it cost me to mitigate all these tons of carbon:

$26 each month?! Pshaw! Yes, this is a significant amount of money but, no, it isn't as much as I spend on hosting costs for this web site. And it isn't nearly as much as I spend on various wasteful personal luxuries, from $2 scones to $9.99 albums at iTunes to $5 packages of seeds to...

I'm supposed to get a certificate in the mail, which I will post here proudly. You, too, can do this. It isn't expensive and it isn't difficult. Get started at CarbonCounter.org, which is a web site for individuals run by the Climate Trust. The difficult part is the larger battle: using less energy. I'll work on that one tomorrow.