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ckdake's picture
Submitted by ckdake on Fri, 2008-05-16 14:49.

Take the survey: http://event.nationalgeographic.com/greendex/calculator.html
Compare to the world: http://event.nationalgeographic.com/greendex/index.html

I'm a 55.

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IndyFan's picture

56

Submitted by IndyFan on Fri, 2008-05-16 15:09.

Maxed out the number of bikes in household.

kurt's picture

56 also

Submitted by kurt on Fri, 2008-05-16 15:22.

i guess it helps that I work from home.

IndyFan's picture

Some bias?

Submitted by IndyFan on Fri, 2008-05-16 15:29.

Think Geo might be biased? Why would they do not ask for a Zip Code or country in the calculator? Our results are clearly above the range specified for the USA (40.1 - 45). Wonder how those figures were determined.

snot rocket's picture

we are not a uniform sample

Submitted by snot rocket on Fri, 2008-05-16 15:34.

we are not a uniform sample of the Atlanta population. after all this is a bike forum =P

64

Submitted by guerciotti on Fri, 2008-05-16 15:30.

64

snot rocket's picture

60!

Submitted by snot rocket on Fri, 2008-05-16 15:32.

60!

franx's picture

44

Submitted by franx on Fri, 2008-05-16 15:46.

My daily commute ruined me.

Interesting how that survey decided China was one of the greenest countries around...

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Submitted by paul h on Fri, 2008-05-16 17:40.

whoa. hilarious.

Are they green enough for the LOLympics?

ckdake's picture

per-capita they might be? I

Submitted by ckdake on Fri, 2008-05-16 17:45.

per-capita they might be? I mean they've got tons of coal power plants, but has anyone run the per-capita numbers? I haven't.

Stupefying Jones's picture

China only recently

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Fri, 2008-05-16 18:13.

China only recently surpassed the US in terms of total pollution output ('06 or '07). And since they've got 4x the population, they're still "greener" than US on a per capita basis.

Jeff's picture

58

Submitted by Jeff on Fri, 2008-05-16 16:11.

58

conjob's picture

59

Submitted by conjob on Fri, 2008-05-16 16:13.

that's what being vegetarian will do for you, i suppose.

Stupefying Jones's picture

I don't like #9. Built into

Submitted by Stupefying Jones on Fri, 2008-05-16 17:54.

I don't like #9. Built into the question is the assumption that you own a TV, own a fridge, and own a car.

If you answer "No I don't own an energy-star TV" because you don't own a TV, your "Greendex" gets penalized.

ckdake's picture

according to this 1 of every

Submitted by ckdake on Fri, 2008-05-16 20:16.

according to this 1 of every 2 americans owns a car. I'd think i'd be higher?

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Submitted by paul h on Fri, 2008-05-16 20:32.

I stopped reading after the first sentence:

"One out of every two Americans owns a car. For the approximately 1.8 million households in the United States, there are 1.9 million automobiles..."

The article was written in 2004 when there was approximately 290 million people in the US.

I'm willing to wager that 1) metro Atlanta had more than 1 million cars in 2004 and 2) the remaining cars in the country only number less that 800,000.

ckdake's picture

you do make an excellent

Submitted by ckdake on Fri, 2008-05-16 22:22.

you do make an excellent point. ah, the hazards of google -> copy -> paste and only paying attention to the details I'm looking for.