NYC has yet another reason to panic, a brand new digital carbon dioxide counter. Now, every morning commuters along 7th avenue get to be bummed out by the very fact that they exist. Just breathing means more CO2 in the air.
So, this 70 story blame machine must be free of its own debt to the Earth right? Well no, not really. See, it uses 'low' energy lighting which is spin for 'still uses some juice' and it's on the grid. But it has the grid thing covered. Yah get this, Carbon Offsets! Apparently from Europe too, we wouldn't want to horde all the carbon offsets for America, they need totrick companies out of money have trees planted across the pond too.
"But, it tells us all how much CO2 we are putting into the air!"
Well, no, it doesn't, not really. According to none other then Newsweak , the numbers on the ticker are bullshit. Yah, some 'advisers' at MIT came up with an algorithm that approximates the CO2 in terms of bad things that they think might happen. The Goreists don't know if they are coming or going.
Bottom line, I think this thing should sense what is in the air and react to it. If they are going to pull this stunt then why not put a PPM (parts per million) sniffer in the board and just sample the air quality in Times Square? It would have the same effect. Then to contrast, upload data from Mammoth caves in Kentucky which has some of the purest air in the U.S.
In reality I just want to roll up under the sign in a stinky diesel rig and watch the board peg as I pump black smoke into it. Cause I'm a sicko but, at least I am not a hypocrite.
So, this 70 story blame machine must be free of its own debt to the Earth right? Well no, not really. See, it uses 'low' energy lighting which is spin for 'still uses some juice' and it's on the grid. But it has the grid thing covered. Yah get this, Carbon Offsets! Apparently from Europe too, we wouldn't want to horde all the carbon offsets for America, they need to
"But, it tells us all how much CO2 we are putting into the air!"
Well, no, it doesn't, not really. According to none other then Newsweak , the numbers on the ticker are bullshit. Yah, some 'advisers' at MIT came up with an algorithm that approximates the CO2 in terms of bad things that they think might happen. The Goreists don't know if they are coming or going.
Bottom line, I think this thing should sense what is in the air and react to it. If they are going to pull this stunt then why not put a PPM (parts per million) sniffer in the board and just sample the air quality in Times Square? It would have the same effect. Then to contrast, upload data from Mammoth caves in Kentucky which has some of the purest air in the U.S.
In reality I just want to roll up under the sign in a stinky diesel rig and watch the board peg as I pump black smoke into it. Cause I'm a sicko but, at least I am not a hypocrite.
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