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Calgary Herald
Thursday, December 12, 2002

For sale: hot air

My wife and I work from home. We've saved office space for two employees (estimated four tonnes).I sold my car (five tonnes) as I now telecommute (five tonnes) and my wife drives much less (three tonnes). We bought a very small motor home to minimize emissions (five tonnes). We sold our older, poorly insulated house in Ontario and moved to a newer, energy-efficient house in Alberta (two tonnes).

It seems we have already reduced our greenhouse gas emissions by about 24 tonnes annually and are well beyond the request from our federal government that we reduce our emissions by one tonne each.

Perhaps there will be an emission reduction credit for this under the government's climate change plan. Citizens or organizations less environmentally conscious than we are, or compelled to increase their emissions, may wish to buy them from us.

We look forward to offers for our excess 22 tonnes per year carbon dioxide reduction, but only after the price goes over $100 per tonne.

Duane Pendergast

Lethbridge

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