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21-08-2009, 01:36 PM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
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Carbon neutral
Has anyone got any information on making a powerboat team "Green" ie Carbon Neutral?
Thanks,
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Cookee
British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
National Speed Record Holder at 90.15 (still)
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21-08-2009, 02:01 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Devon
Occupation: Garage Proprietor
Interests: PowerBoat Racing
Boat name: If Only
Boat make: Bernico F3 OCR, Bernico Prototype Inboard, and some Ribs
Engines: Yamaha Pro V 115
Cruising area: UK, France
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Devon
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Steve at ACE is fairly up to speed with this Bull Shit may be worth asking him !!
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If Only
National Outboard Immersed Propeller Mono Record 103mph
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21-08-2009, 02:05 PM
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Registered User
Country: Norway
Boat make: Nothing fast...
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 127
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For RB08 we purchased CO2 quotas from http://www.carbonneutral.com/ - amongst several good offset projects they have (or at least had - not too sure about today's projects) they plant trees in the UK in accordance with your expected emissions. This should mean that the CO2 you emit is actually "eaten up" and converted to O2 by trees you indirectly planted. We estimated our fuel consumption, support car emissions and boat production into the equation and multiplied by 2 for good measure. The bill was not bad at all, and we slept slightly better at night...
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21-08-2009, 02:24 PM
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TEAM 25 RACING
Country: UK
Location: By the seaside
Occupation: Designing stuff
Cruising area: Solent
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: By the seaside
Posts: 508
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Carbon offset
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21-08-2009, 02:52 PM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
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Thanks guys - anyone else?
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Cookee
British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
National Speed Record Holder at 90.15 (still)
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21-08-2009, 04:48 PM
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Registered User
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
Boat make: PHANTOM 21 AND 20
Engines: 2.5 EFI X 2
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: GOLDEN MILE
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Who gives a shite I use vast quantities of super unleaded and dirty 2 stroke oil . Feck the tree huggers
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21-08-2009, 04:59 PM
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BananaShark Member
Country: UK
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Occupation: Racer and builder
Interests: Winning races
Boat name: BananaShark
Boat make: BananaShark 34' Race
Engines: Twin Yanmar BY 260's
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Salcombe South Devon
Posts: 4,638
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Originally Posted by roofer
Who gives a shite I use vast quantities of super unleaded and dirty 2 stroke oil . Feck the tree huggers
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Fair point but I'm not sure my sponsors or their customers would see the funny side in that!
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Cookee
British Champions! RIB Formula 1 2005
National Speed Record Holder at 90.15 (still)
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21-08-2009, 05:34 PM
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Registered User
Country: UK
Location: Somerset
Occupation: semi-retired
Interests: Racing
Boat name: Blaze
Boat make: Phantom Evolution / zap cat
Engines: 200 HO,
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Somerset
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cookee mark lamont ( very tricky ) ran his V24 carbon neutral he b the guy to talk 2
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21-08-2009, 07:49 PM
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Registered User
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Boat name: LILY THE PINK AND TERMINATOR 11
Boat make: PHANTOM 21 AND 20
Engines: 2.5 EFI X 2
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: GOLDEN MILE
Posts: 2,475
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Originally Posted by Cookee
Fair point but I'm not sure my sponsors or their customers would see the funny side in that!
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It's all bullshit you don't see the Chinese or Russians worrying about the climate or environment , they just dump all there crap in the rivers and sea. It's just another way to raise a few quid for good old Gordon Brown and keep the lunatics that is the Green party happy.
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21-08-2009, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Devon
Occupation: Garage Proprietor
Interests: PowerBoat Racing
Boat name: If Only
Boat make: Bernico F3 OCR, Bernico Prototype Inboard, and some Ribs
Engines: Yamaha Pro V 115
Cruising area: UK, France
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Devon
Posts: 3,095
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roofer
It's all bullshit you don't see the Chinese or Russians worrying about the climate or environment , they just dump all there crap in the rivers and sea. It's just another way to raise a few quid for good old Gordon Brown and keep the lunatics that is the Green party happy.
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Here ! Here !!
Can we start a petition against it.
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If Only
National Outboard Immersed Propeller Mono Record 103mph
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21-08-2009, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Carbon neutral ....... loose the engine/s and fit some SAILS
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21-08-2009, 09:08 PM
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Registered User
Country: shropshire england.
Location: oswestry
Occupation: Retired
Interests: Yodelling
Boat name: Veni Vidi Vici or Conked
Boat make: G.P.14
Engines: 4h.p. Mercury
Cruising area: Cap de Agde
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: oswestry
Posts: 1,311
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Powererd by Mercury fans.
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21-08-2009, 09:12 PM
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member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,039
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hydrogen cell, water for water????
Clean burn engines??? CARRB compliant......
ETECs are cleaner than 4stroke?
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