In Silicon Valley, birth of an ecological conscience?

[Christophe]

The econothon (or almost) already exists in the USA ...

For those who feel concerned, Americans now have the opportunity to buy - cheaply? - an "eco" conscience. Thanks to the ingenuity of a start-up from Silicon Valley, Terrapass, which offers its citizens to buy a "green tag", which can cost up to 125 dollars a year. The start-up uses the money raised to invest in the production of clean energy: wind turbines, solar panels, etc ... Terrapass has already sold 3 000 labels, one-third to Californians. All the testimonies of the adepts agree: it is a kind of tax they voluntarily pay to mitigate the pollution they generate, mainly driving their car.

And the moment begins to become multiform. So another organization, not-for-profit that one, pushed the same logic even further. DriveNeutral offers a system that allows everyone to calculate the pollution of their vehicle. Thanks to clever equations detailed on its website, every motorist has the possibility to quantify in dollar the "cost" of his own pollution in greenhouse gases. The guilty motorist then sends the corresponding amount to DriveNeutral who uses it to buy, roughly, rights to pollute on the Chicago Climate Exchange. This private market has been opened voluntarily ("thanks" to George Bush, the United States is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol) to allow American companies to participate in this haggling, which in theory only concerns the signatory countries of the United States. famous protocol.

And indeed, the phenomenon concerns more and more American companies, listening to a public opinion that is changing. Thus, Starbucks, the famous American coffee brand that owns nearly 10 000 establishments worldwide, has chosen to now buy 20% of its energy from renewable sources of energy. A well-understood interest: these firms operate in a globalized world where many of their competitors must already take into account the ecological factor. They anticipate.

source: http://www.enviedentreprendre.com/2006/ ... licon.html

[nonoLeRobot]

If the calculations are complicated to see the pollution from their car, I do not see why they are not simply applying a coefficient to their fuel consumption or not paying a percentage of their fuel expenditure. I hope that the good conscience does not make them waste anything beside, at last a pseudo voluntary tax, it is already not bad.

[freddau]

Yes,

it's a start but given the infrastructure they have put in place (roadway) etc ... it will be very hard to do without the car down.

As much as we do

[Christophe]

If the calculations are complicated to see the pollution from their car, I do not see why they are not simply applying a coefficient to their fuel consumption or not paying a percentage of their fuel expenditure. I hope that the good conscience does not make them waste anything beside, at last a pseudo voluntary tax, it is already not bad.

Well your comment would be good if everyone used the same catalyzed recent vehicle (assuming it does not reject anything else than the CO2 ... which is not necessarily true) ....

The fact is that there are other polluting gases directly (Nox, HC, CO, COv, PAH ...) or indirectly (CO, COv ...) contributing to pollution (so I guess it's them which are estimated according to the type and the age of the vehicle) which can contribute to the greenhouse effect ...

[Christophe]

Yes,

it's a start but given the infrastructure they have put in place (roadway) etc ... it will be very hard to do without the car down.

As much as we do

For many years now, California has been putting an "econological" policy in place. Thus, certain highways are forbidden at certain hours for "solitary" drivers .... which has the effect of favoring carpooling. ...

[denis]

Yes,

it's a start but given the infrastructure they have put in place (roadway) etc ... it will be very hard to do without the car down.

As much as we do

For many years now, California has been putting an "econological" policy in place. Thus, certain highways are forbidden at certain hours for "solitary" drivers .... which has the effect of favoring carpooling. ...

that's when we see that on the French farsome ??
draft laws?