response to GOOD magazine's post Project 010: Less Power to the People
New carbon for old
Commented on June 5, 2008 by - rgbs
Hi friends
We've outgrown this 800-pixel wide website and we're moving to new digs.While we pack up our things (i.e. articles and videos and stuff), we're shutting down commenting and new registrations on the current site.
Our new site is up and running at GOOD.is/.
Yours,
GOOD
How the campaign is doing:
$1M
0 $862,800 raised
So what happens to the old fridges? How much carbon does it take to dismantle a fridge? Or does that just go to the landfill - or the side of the road?
How much carbon does it take to make a new fridge? Do we save that much over it's life, plus of course the carbon cost of dismantling the old.
Similarly it has been suggested that it is better for the environment to purchase an old car than a new hybrid.