Little Wenlock C Red
Little Wenlock Carbon Reduction Action Group Newsletter
(Aiming to reduce our carbon emissions)
Newsletter 12
Calling all WOOD burners
There may be as many as 30-40 homes in Little Wenlock that are already using wood for heating. If that’s you or you are thinking about it and would like information on:
- scrap wood for free, that may need cutting and chopping
- cheap unseasoned off-cuts for cutting
- seasoned logs cut ready for use
- chimney sweeps
- choosing a wood burning stove or installer
- changing your central heating system to wood
- comparative costs of wood boilers when replacing an old oil boiler
Call Hilary to join the Wood Club information exchange
Garden Visitors liked our Carbon Footprint Posters
Visitors to our Gardens open weekend commented that they were impressed with the carbon footprint idea and some took away ideas they could carry out at home.
Around 30 households did posters; some just had a copy on the boards in the hall, some put them up at their ‘gate’ just for the gardens weekend, some keep them up all summer, and some keep them up all year round.
There are no rules, each household fills in their poster with either a list of things they have done, a story of an eco-build or eco-restoration; whatever they want to tell.
Several people have asked to join in and put up a poster; all you need to do is call Hilary on 505547 to get a blank.
Runway or Highway - Which is the greenest?
Grams of CO2 per passenger kilometre
- 1,611 Ship (transatlantic luxury cruise liner, full)
- 300 Domestic short-haul flight (including the effects at altitude)
- 248 International short haul flight (including altitude effects)
- 210 Average petrol car (35mpg)
- 201 International long haul flight (including altitude effects)
- 199 Average diesel car (45mpg)
- 107 Motorbikes
- 89 Bus
- 60 Rail
- 20 Coach
- Bike & Legs 0!
Sources: Monbiot, 2006, Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning; Defra, 2007, ‘Passenger Transport Emissions Factors’; IPCC,1999, ‘Aviation and the Global Atmosphere’,8.3.3.4; Ecologist Magazine, July 2008
A blast from the past
Orders for Turboprop planes are rising as they use between a quarter and a third less fuel than jet engines, claiming up to 84 mpg
A ‘Skycat’ airbus is still on the drawing board but claims 85% less greenhouse gas emissions.
Next C Red meeting: Mondy 15th September, 8pm in the pub, come and join us
