Google says its carbon footprint is now zero

Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by samvher on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:41AM (#24469996)

Your 0 emission statement suffers from exactly the same criticism you're firing at Google. How was your bike built? How was your bus/train built? What's powering your bus/train? Also the assumption that a vegetarian diet is 0 emission is wrong - you're relying on a massive (oil-fueled) production system that emits a lot, to provide you with the food you buy. Sure, it's less than would be necessary if you ate meat but it's certainly not 0 emission.

Edit - I need to read more carefully, OP already went into this, apologies.

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by stiray on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:42AM (#24470012)

I think that I have explained it very well and I have put it there as an example why the claim from google is a fallacy.

> once I start to count in how my food was produced, how the goods I am using were produced etc. this is just not true.

I wasnt clear enough?

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by samvher on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:46AM (#24470059)

Sorry - I think I read too quickly (assuming you didn't edit your comment?).

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by stiray on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:48AM (#24470079)

Nope, I didnt. This was the whole point why I even put the statement there.

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