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1981capri
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Initially Posted - 04/08/2008 :  15:08:51  Show Profile
I just saw a report on the news about Travelocity, the travel website, offering carbon credit offsets to their customers. This whole idea of trading in carbon credits is an interesting concept. I have been thinking sailboats should get some kind of credit for being energy efficient and using alternative power. I don't know what the savings on fuel is over a typical 25ft stink pot, but it is huge. I think I use about maybe a pint to get in an out of the marina on a typical day.

As an individual I don't know how to organize that, but I'm thinking as an association if we add up all the credits for all our members it would be a larger number. It might be a way to make some money for the association if we have an optional donation of our carbon offset to the Association, then we could sell them to Travelocity and by beer for the after race parties.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 04/08/2008 :  15:21:34  Show Profile
I'd be in for that!
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 04/08/2008 :  16:33:00  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I don't think I even use a pint of gas on a typical day and I drive down to the boat in a 65 mpg hybrid.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 04/08/2008 :  18:24:24  Show Profile
I guess I don't understand high finance, but who's going to give us carbon offsets, and where do they get the carbon offsets from, and what do we have to do to get them, and how do we convert them into a keg of beer, and does it help or hurt our application for carbon offsets that huge quantities of oil are used to manufacture our fiberglass boats?
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wmeinert@kconline.com
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Response Posted - 04/08/2008 :  19:24:07  Show Profile
Sounds like a good thing for a retired lawyer to look into, and get back to the officers to see if we can do something. (seriously)
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 04/08/2008 :  23:02:27  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Steve Milby</i>
<br />...and does it help or hurt our application for carbon offsets that huge quantities of oil are used to manufacture our fiberglass boats?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...or that one of our paid members now runs a 225 hp Honda? (Hey, I burn less than a third of what many similar pots do! )
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 04/09/2008 :  10:16:15  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I guess I don't understand high finance, but who's going to give us carbon offsets, and where do they get the carbon offsets from, and what do we have to do to get them, and how do we convert them into a keg of beer, and does it help or hurt our application for carbon offsets that huge quantities of oil are used to manufacture our fiberglass boats?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

I just hope its not the same guys that figured out how to sell unsecured options on Asset Backed securities and Sub-Prime mortgages.
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