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Posted on 1 November, 2006 at 10:03am with 9 comments
I am pleased to give the results for the first month of Comment Love and I must say, I am very excited both about the results for this month as well as the sort of difference this can potentially make. There were 63 comments this month which ended up equaling $31.50. All $31.50 was donated to Carbonfund.org this month.
So what are the results of this relatively minor sum of money? Well, for just a little over $30, we offset 16273 miles driven from a car with the average miles per gallon (25.2 mpg) or the equivalent of 5.73 tons of C02 according to Carbonfund.org. In one month, we offset over a year’s worth of driving for a single car – that’s pretty impressive. Make no mistake, these numbers are amazingly small in the big picture considering that the US produced 524 million metric tons in 1996 with coal burning alone. Looking at it that way, the numbers seem staggering and the change made by this donation inconsequential. Nonetheless, it is a change and a significant one if looked at as local change.
I want to thank all the folks that commented and helped generate the donations. I hope this is the only month that does not reach the $50 cap. I am still trying to come up with the best way to promote frequent commenters. If anyone has a brilliant idea, by all means, leave a comment here or email me.
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Comment Love for December 2006
Posted on 1 January, 2007 at 8:27pm with 7 comments
After a two week hiatus, which has made me moderately refreshed, it is fitting that my first post is the last month of Comment Love for the year of 2006. There were 61 comments this month which ended up equaling $30.50. All $30.50 was donated to Carbonfund.org this month.
For December, we offset roughly 15753 miles driven from a car with the average miles per gallon (25.2 mpg) or the equivalent of 5.54 tons of C02 according to Carbonfund.org. Since starting Comment Love in October, we have offset a little over 11 tons of C02 for the year. Pretty damned amazing.
I want to thank all the folks who have commented on this blog since the Comment Love feature has started. Of course, I will continue to do this every month this year and for as long as this blog exists (and I can afford it). I am looking forward to getting back into the routine of writing for this blog and I am hoping you get back into the routine of reading it.