More on ...why so much stuff? From a journal entry Feb. 27, '08

I don’t know what a “carbon foot print” is but I know what I did yesterday and this is the …Stuff that got “thrown away”:

doughnut “Buttermilk Bar”, handed to me by the steward as I boarded the plane..

extra packet of sugar that came w/ my coffee

Styrofoam cup/plastic creamer container/paper napkin/ plastic swizzle stick.

paper cup w/ plastic lid/a paper plate

~12 sheets of toilet paper / 2 paper towels

2 pieces of paper used for ‘boarding passes’ 4”x 8” each

4 pieces of paper used for ‘cab vouchers’ 3”x6” each

3 sheets of paper 8 ½” x 11” used keep track of expenses for ‘cash reimbursement

a piece of plastic wrap from a cookie 6”x 12”

a plastic water bottle and plastic cap

2 more napkins

a piece of aluminum foil that wrapped my PB&J sandwich ~12” x 12”

another Styrofoam cup/ creamer and plastic swizzle stick

and this is the…Stuff that got “used up”:

~1 cup of cereal w/ raisins and ~13 blue berries

3 cups of coffee (including cream/milk and sugar)

an egg sandwich (an egg, slice of cheese, a roll and a couple of squirts of catsup, salt and pepper)

a pear, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and an oatmeal raisin cookie

a quart of drinking water

~a gallon of washing water (hands and face)

~15 gallons of water flushed down the toilet and urinals

6 ozs. of green salad w/ a tablespoon of bottled dressing

6 ozs. of pasta w/ eggplant and tomato sauce

6 tsps of ice cream straight out of the carton standing at the refrigerator

a second oatmeal raisin cookie.

gasoline for the ride to the train station and back again in the evening ~ 1/5 gallon

diesel for the train into the city and back home again in the evening

~ 40 passenger miles / gallon x 100 miles= 2.5 gallons

gasoline for the ride to the NYC airport and back again in the evening ~ 2 gallons

gasoline for the ride from the Boston airport to my meeting and back again ~ 1 ½ gallons

jet fuel for the ride up to Boston and back to NYC in the evening

~(15 gal/ minute x 30 minutes) / 50 people x 2 trips= 18 gallons

#2 fuel oil (diesel) to heat the house and produce hot water ~ 3 gallons

propane for cooking ???

electricity for light and fans, tv’s, computers, etc???

4 prescription pills

Feels like I got pretty big carbon-feet!