Comments on: First Hawke’s Bay business to gain carboNZeroCertTM certification

By: Tobias Taylor

Tobias Taylor — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:54:12 +0000

To be honest, I too go a little blurry eyed when Carbon Credits are discussed. It’s not that I don’t care (I must do, I implemented the plastic waste “eco pods” here in the office), it’s just that ;

a) I don’t get it, and
b) I question it’s real motivation behind some of the push

Maybe it’s all that talk back radio, but carbon omission trading and the likes seems like a major bureaucracy of which not everyone has to be part off. It’s like paying voluntary tax… yeah right.

Unfortunately, those “global” discussions blur the true point here.

I see that someone I know, in a business I know has done something to make a positive change. It’s a fantastic attitude and evidence of a Hawkes Bay business continually assessing their values and delivering value solutions to its clients.

Well done to Duncan et al. Good stuff.

By: Marcus Smith

Marcus Smith — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:18:12 +0000

I agree totally we should try to make a difference and the tack HBDT has taken is fantastic.We should all try to make a difference and protect our patch whether it be recycling, conserving power, water etc as these are all good things.

I know I’ve probably moved to a much wider topic that what this post was about but don’t you feel like that there is a whole lot of scaremongering out there? Could it be that there is just 100 year or 500 year warming and cooling cycles?

Look I have real no clue (as does anyone it seems) and I agree it pays to err of the side of caution, I just get annoyed with all of the “junk” associated with the global warming debate. I fail to see the point of things like the Al Gore rock concert (which seemed to used more power than they probably caused people to save) and all the hype around things such as the Copenhagen climate change conference, and to a lesser extent the carbon credit trading scheme.

By: Duncan Wallace

Duncan Wallace — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:39:47 +0000

Well, if we use our logic muscle, it would suggest the planet is being changed at a molecular level through the conversion of natural resources, altering the environmental physiology of earth, the atmosphere and every living organism on and in it.

So, whether it is global warming or global famine, something is going to give, eventually.

Just because you can’t hear a car on the road doesn’t mean you don’t look both ways before crossing. There may be a bike or a
hybrid coming, so it is better to be safe than sorry.

So just because you don’t see the obvious evidence there is global warming, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try and make a difference.

Something is coming, we just can’t hear it!!!

By: Marcus Smith

Marcus Smith — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:21:11 +0000

Awesome work Duncan, it’s great to see you taking this step. I’m all for protecting our environment and reducing pollution and efforts like this must help.

However, taking nothing away from your achivement, I have a question. Is this “Global warming” thing for real or a bit of storm in a tea cup? I keep hearing snippets from both sides of the arguement have to admit I am tending to think it’s all a bit overstated.

I would love to hear other peoples thoughts.